Seven victims of torture have launched a joint initiative for the Spanish justice system to reopen their cases
The European Court of Human Rights has sentenced Spain ten times for failing to investigate these cases of torture. Giza Human Rights Observatory has announced its readiness to take the case to the United Nations Organization.
Seven victims of torture have launched a joint initiative calling on the Spanish judiciary to reopen and investigate their cases. The European Court of Human Rightshas sentenced Spain ten times in recent years for failing to investigate these cases of torture.
Oihan Ataun, Patxi Arratibel, Mikel San Argimiro, Martxelo Otamendi, Xabier Beortegi, Iñigo Gonzalez and Bea Etxebarria are the initiators of the initiative, and today they appeared in Pamplona together with lawyers Oscar Sanchez and Iratxe Urizar, who spoke on behalf of the Human Rights Observatory.
Urizar has said that "the history of torture in the Basque Country is long, and the list of convictions that Spain has received from different instances is also long." He has recalled the cases of Raúl Fuentes and Iratxe Sorzabal to emphasize that torture cases do not prescribe. This was said by the United Nations Committee against Torture in the case of Fuentes and the National Court in the case of Sorzabal.
On behalf of the victims, Otamendi has taken the floor. "The Torchards are twice the victims, they are police victims and they are also victims of justice for not investigating the allegations, "he said.
He explains that the fact that judges say nothing in cases of torture shows "the democratic quality of a state." "We should not be here if we were not tortured. And even if we were tortured, we should not be here because if Spain wants to be a democratic state, it would automatically have to comply with the sentences received from Strasbourg."
OECD has expressed its readiness to reach the United Nations Organization.
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