Sira is an expert witness for one of the four new plaintiffs who are denouncing torture during the dictatorship.
With these, there are now five lawsuits filed by victims of repression during the dictatorship, following the approval of the new Democratic Memory Law. The State Coordinator for Support of the Argentine Lawsuit (CEAQUA) filed four new complaints yesterday, February 21, alleging torture at the hands of police officers during the Franco regime, between 1972 […]
Andrea Galán at the rally against impunity, organised by the victims of Francoism.
On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, in front of the building that was used as a detention and torture centre during the dictatorship, and which today houses the headquarters of the government of the Community of Madrid, various entities gathered to demand an end to impunity Andrea Galán, psychologist and [...]
The system of impunity is maintained and once again justice is denied to the victims of Franco's regime.
What was to be the first declaration of victims of Franco's torture before Spanish courts is suspended in the same court It was an event of great importance and exceptionality not only for the plaintiff, but for the more than one hundred people who have filed complaints in the last 6 years The [...]
First breach in the wall of impunity for the crimes of Franco's regime
After 6 years of struggle in the Spanish courts and 100 complaints filed, the first declaration of a victim of Franco's torture in a Spanish court has been made The social organisations urge the public authorities and political parties to adopt all the necessary measures to ensure that this exceptional event ceases to be an exception to the rule of law.
CEAQUA delegation returns to Argentina to testify on Franco's crimes
A new delegation is traveling to Argentina to appear before Judge María Servini, who is investigating Francoist crimes. The hearings will take place between March 16 and 22. A delegation from the State Coordinator for Support of the Argentine Lawsuit (CEAQUA) will be in Buenos Aires between March 16 and 22, with the […]
50% of the victims of Francoism evaluated by Sira suffered simulated death.
Gabriela López Neyra, coordinator of the Sira Center, testified as an expert witness in Buenos Aires, within the framework of the “Argentine Lawsuit,” the only ongoing lawsuit against the Franco regime. Since 2017, the Sira Center has conducted expert evaluations of 26 cases of torture during the Franco dictatorship, using the Istanbul Protocol. Therefore, in her capacity as an expert witness, […]
Argentina: An exciting journey, a necessary struggle
Within the Argentine lawsuit, the only open case against Francoist crimes in the world, I was able to tell my story. They took note of my statement, and it was recorded in the court. Finally! ROSA GARCÍA | Member of La Comuna Presxs The secretary of the Federal Criminal and Correctional Court No. 1 of the Republic […]
The only case of torture during Franco's dictatorship that could testify in Spain has been closed.
The judge took the statement of the complainant and the witness Rosa María García Alcón on 15 September 2023, an exceptional event as it was the first time that victims of Franco's regime had testified in Spanish courts. The Law of Democratic Memory approved in 2022 is still insufficient to put an end to the [...]
Two new lawsuits filed in Galicia for torture during Franco's regime
The complaints are added to the more than 100 already filed for crimes against humanity committed during Franco's dictatorship CEAQUA, Xosé María Brañas and Manuel Reboiras have filed two new complaints for crimes against humanity in the Courts of Instruction of A Coruña and Vigo, denouncing the torture, humiliation and ill-treatment committed during the Franco dictatorship [...].
Two years of the Law of Democratic Memory: slow and ineffective implementation and lack of justice for victims
Two years after the Democratic Memory Law came into effect, impunity and the lack of decisive action to uncover the truth about the serious crimes committed during the Franco regime are the major shortcomings of this legislation. In these years, progress has been made, albeit very slowly, in areas such as […]