Justice sentences the State to compensate an activist accused of terrorism, for wrongful imprisonment
In 2015, Nahuel, an activist with the vegan anarchist group “Straight Edge”, spent up to 14 months in first-degree pre-trial detention before being acquitted along with his comrades. Following his complaint, the state must now compensate him with 54,650 euros. We have submitted an expert report to his case, which proves the damage he suffered [...]
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 [...].
The Madrid High Court hears the case of Ahmed and Hakima, recognised by the UN as victims of a housing rights violation.
El matrimonio, que ha sufrido diversos desahucios de alquiler, interpone una reclamación patrimonial contra la Comunidad de Madrid Pau Pérez Sales, director clínico del Centro Sira, explicó ante la Sala de lo Contencioso el peritaje realizado por la organización, que analiza los daños psicológicos y el impacto en el proyecto de vida de la familia […]
The Sira Centre provides an expert witness to a young man who denounces the Syrian government in the United States for the torture he suffered.
Obada Mzaik, detenido y torturado en 2012 en un centro de detención de Siria, busca justicia, rendición de cuentas para el régimen sirio y reparación para él y otras víctimas de tortura. A petición del Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), el Centro de Atención y Víctimas de Malos Tratos y Torturas, Sira, ha presentado un […]
Blanca Serra testifies as a victim of Franco's torture before the Public Prosecutor's Office for Democratic Memory
Por primera vez en el Estado español, una víctima de torturas cometidas durante el franquismo declara ante una fiscal especializada en memoria histórica y derechos humanos La denuncia, presentada por Irídia junto con el apoyo de Òmnium Cultural y la Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT), cuenta con un informe pericial elaborado por el Centro […]