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Spanish court clears ex-judge in Civil War probe
his jurisdiction by launching an investigation into right-wing atrocities during and after the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War. Baltasar Garzon misinterpreted Spanish law but did not knowingly and arbitrarily violate the limits of his jurisdiction, as would be Read more »
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Famed Spain judge appeals conviction in corruption probe that barred him from bench
MADRID - A Spanish judge who won global fame for aggressively taking on international human rights cases is appealing his conviction for overstepping his jurisdiction in a domestic corruption probe. Baltasar Garzon's 200-page appeal called his February c from Minneapolis Star Tribune Read more »
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Spain judge Garzon appeals wiretap conviction
Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon appealed Wednesday against being banned from the judiciary for ordering wiretaps in a political corruption case, his lawyers said. Garzon, 56, known internationally for trying to extradite Chile's former dictator Augusto Pin from Expatica Read more »
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Spanish Supreme court clears magistrate
THE human rights investigator and judge Baltasar Garzon has escaped a second conviction for abuse of his powers when the Supreme Court declared him not guilty in a case involving his probe of crimes committed under the Franco dictatorship. The decision c from The Age Read more »
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Spain: Inquiry into Franco murders ‘did not overstep amnesty’
SPAIN’s Supreme Court has cleared crusading human rights investigator Baltasar Garzon of abusing his authority when he decided to investigate the murders of more than 100,000 people by the forces of former dictator Francisco Franco. Mr Garzon, 56, who al from The Scotsman Read more »
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Ruling on Baltasar Garzon is Good News, But Crimes Must be Investigated, says Amnesty International
The decision by the Supreme Court of Spain to dismiss the charges against judge Baltasar Garzón for investigating human rights violations is good news, but much more needs to be done to ensure justice in Spain, said Amnesty International today. The organ from Humanitarian News Read more »
