Hugo Relva, Legal Adviser at Amnesty International, who is in Madrid to observe the trial of pioneering investigative Judge Baltasar Garzón , said: "It seems the search for truth, justice and reparation for past crimes,...committed during the civil war and Franco’s rule,....under international law in Spain is being held hostage to this trial based on outrageous charges".
Read more about the forthcoming trial here:AIUK : Spain: Trial of judge is a 'blow to human rights', says Amnesty and http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/spain-trial-judge-baltasar-garz-n-blow-human-rights-2012-01-20
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