Trial of Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón is a 'blow to human rights', says Amnesty

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

Spanish civil war victims' bodies finally removed from mass grave | World news | The Guardian

Spain's government publishes first country-wide map of locations of more than 2,000 mass graves from the civil war.

Spanish civil war victims' bodies finally removed from mass grave | World news | The Guardian