Spanish Judge Opens Investigation into Crimes Against Humanity Allegedly Committed by ETA

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Friday, July 17, 2015
Author: 
Michael Plachta
Volume: 
31
Issue: 
7
Abstract: 
On July 10, 2015, in Madrid (Spain), National Court Judge Juan Pablo Gonzalez partially upheld the relevant claims submitted by the Dignity and Justice, Luis Portero Foundation and a number other organizations thereby opening a crimes against humanity probe against the Basque separatist group ETA in what a judicial source called the first such case of its kind. At the same time, the judge has struck down arguments that the Basque group’s killings constituted genocide.