Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Closed military trial coming up in Spain

Five present and former Spanish soldiers have been charged with torturing detainees in Iraq 10 years ago. This news article notes that military trials are closed to the public in Spain. One would expect that issue will be taken to the European Court of Human Rights unless national courts fix it first.

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