Spain: Trial of Judge Baltasar Garzon 'A Blow to Human Rights'
January 20, 2012
January 20, 2012
NEW YORK, Jan. 20 -- Amnesty International issued the following news release:
The Spanish Supreme Court's pending criminal trial of a pioneering investigative judge is a threat to human rights and judicial independence, Amnesty International said today.
Judge Baltasar Garzon, 56, faces trial in Madrid on 24 January on charges he abused his power while leading an investigation into crimes under international law committed during the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War a . . .
The Spanish Supreme Court's pending criminal trial of a pioneering investigative judge is a threat to human rights and judicial independence, Amnesty International said today.
Judge Baltasar Garzon, 56, faces trial in Madrid on 24 January on charges he abused his power while leading an investigation into crimes under international law committed during the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War a . . .