| Author (Person) | Johnson, Miles |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 10.2.12 |
| Publication Date | 10/02/2012 |
| Content Type | News |
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Baltasar Garzón, the Spanish judge famed for his investigations into international human rights abuses was found guilty on the 9 February 2012 by the Spanish Supreme Court of ordering illegal wiretaps during a case involving corruption within the country’s ruling Popular party. The conviction is one of three separate cases brought simultaneously against Mr Garzón, who had investigated the deaths of victims of the dictator General Franco, in a process lambasted by international human rights groups as politically motivated. Thousands of people gathered at Puerta del Sol in Madrid for a rally in support of Garzón and to denounce the Supreme Court’s decision. Garzón’s lawyer, Francisco Baena, said that his client was 'devastated' and was studying whether an appeal will be filed with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, or even Spain’s Constitutional Court. Separately, the Spanish Supreme Court decided on the 13 February 2012 to drop criminal charges against suspended Judge Baltasar Garzón stemming from a complaint that he took money from Banco Santander chairman Emilio Botín to organize a series of lectures at New York University. |
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| Countries / Regions | Spain |
