Judge in Argentina investigates Franco violations in Spain
Judge in Argentina investigates Franco violations in Spain
After a Spanish judge was suspended, an Argentine judge took up the cause of investigating Franco's violations.
Simeon Tegel January 16, 2012 16:58
LIMA, Peru – An Argentine judge has opened a criminal investigation into human-rights violations committed in Spain during the 1936-1975 Franco dictatorship.
Maria Servini de Cubria, a federal judge in Buenos Aires province, has launched the case based on a complaint lodged by lawyers from both countries representing several Spanish human-rights groups including the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (ARMH by its Spanish initials).
The case marks a novel reverse of fortunes. Spanish prosecutors have in recent years pursued human-rights abusers from several of Latin America’s military regimes of the 1970s and 1980s, including Argentina.
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Carlos Slepoy, an Argentine human-rights lawyer practicing in Madrid and working closely with the ARMH told GlobalPost that the aim of the complaint was for a similar fate to befall the surviving members of the Franco regime.
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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/spain/120116/judge-argentina-investigates-franco-violations-spain
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