Universal jurisdiction
Letter from leading UK lawyers and advocates to Spanish Socialists urging them to appeal reforms of Spain’s universal jurisdiction laws – Mar 21, 2014
In the context of Spain’s leading party making sweeping and damaging changes to universal jurisdiction laws in Spain, lawyers and advocates from the UK’s Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, Garden Court Chambers, Red Lion Chambers ad Doughty Street joined together in a letter to urge the Spanish Socialists to “maintain the strongest […]
Spanish judge issues arrest warrants for China’s former President, Prime Minister
By Al Goodman, CNN February 12, 2014 — Updated 0924 GMT (1724 HKT) Madrid (CNN) — A Spanish judge issued international arrest warrants Monday for China’s former President Jiang Zemin and former Prime Minister Li Peng for alleged genocide against the people of Tibet, Spain’s National Court in Madrid said. The warrants against them and […]
Sign this petition asking Spain’s PM to stand up for the rule of law!
Tibet’s strongest bid for justice – an international legal case against prominent Chinese leaders – is at real risk of being thwarted by the Chinese Government through political pressure. Please sign this petition to keep the case safe: http://bit.ly/TJC_SpanishTibetCase The case is in the Spanish High Court, and accuses Chinese leaders – including recent ex-President […]
Spain forces an express reform to prevent arrest of Chinese leaders for Tibet
El País, 23rd January 2014 (Front Cover story) SPAIN FORCES AN EXPRESS REFORM TO DROP THE LAWSUIT AGAINST CHINESE LEADERSHIP* THE POPULAR PARTY (PP) PRESENTS A BILL LIMITING UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION MADRID WISHES TO AVOID CONFLICT CAUSED BY AN INVESTIGATION INTO GENOCID *Translation by the Comité de Apoyo al Tíbet (CAT). Original Spanish here – http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/01/22/actualidad/1390418719_906409.html […]
Letter to Prime Minister Rajoy from Tibet Justice Center
Tibet Justice Center has sent a letter to the Spanish Prime Minister, expressing deep concern about reports in Spain’s main national daily newspaper that the Spanish government intends to limit the independence of Spain’s judiciary. Reportedly, this move is due to political pressure from China, related to the ground-breaking universal jurisdiction lawsuit on Tibet being […]
El Pais – Judge Moreno sidesteps arrest warrants against top-ranking Chinese Party members (English)
The judge “consults” the Fourth Section of the Audiencia Nacional’s Criminal Court El Pais, 9 Jan 2014 *Please note this is an unverified translation. The original article can be found in Spanish here: http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/01/09/actualidad/1389299258_890415.html Almost two months after the Fourth Section of the Audiencia Nacional’s Criminal Court issued a writ on 18 November for the […]
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