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They have launched a joint judicial initiative to urge the Spanish justice system to investigate the cases of seven victims of torture

The Spanish State was convicted by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg for failing to investigate these seven cases. One of them is Martxelo Otamendi, a journalist who, detained in the Egunkaria case, reported torture.

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File image of journalist Martxelo Otamendi. Photo: Now

Seven victims of torture have announced the launch of a joint judicial initiative to demand that the Spanish Justice investigate their cases. The Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg sentenced the Spanish State in seven cases for failing to investigate them. One of them is the journalist Martxelo Otamendi, arrested in the Egunkaria case and who denounced the torture. In statements to Euskadi Irratia, Otamendi has said that there is only a lack of justice.

The announcement of this joint judicial initiative  comes on the eve of the International Day ofthe Right to Truth on 24 March. 

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has sentenced the Spanish State 10 times for failing to investigate torture, an initiative which has been supported by the Observatory for Human Rights.

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