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Swiss lawmakers behind Garzón

June 10, 2010
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Expatica reports:

Sixty Swiss parliamentarians on Thursday lent their support to Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon, who has been suspended over an alleged abuse of power linked to a probe of Franco-era crimes. In a statement published Thursday, the mostly left-wing lawmakers from the two chambers of Swiss parliament expressed "total support...
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Garzón: “The seeds of justice have been sown”

June 9, 2010
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Garzón: “The seeds of justice have been sown”

Mr. Garzón said that he did not expect to stay in the Netherlands beyond December and that he was not considering another job switch should his legal problems worsen.
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Garzón is going to The Hague

May 18, 2010
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Garzón is going to The Hague

The self-chosen "political exile" to The Hague of investigative magistrate Baltasar Garzón has been unexpectedly approved by Spain's General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ)--albeit not as a formal leave of absence (excedencia). Garzón had requested a seven-month leave to serve as special advisor on crimes against humanity to the Chief Prosecutor of the...
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Widespread astonishment and indignation at Garzón’s suspension

May 16, 2010
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The Spanish and international media are filled with editorials, op-eds, and interviews criticizing the suspension of investigative magistrate Baltasar Garzón. An editorial in Le Monde, for instance, states that case reveals the institutions of democratic Spain to be "dysfunctional" and "sick", and that the "strategy of forgetting has not worked": "The Garzón...
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International coverage of Garzón suspension

May 15, 2010
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CNN, The Guardian, NY Times.
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Judicial Council keeps Garzón in limbo

May 14, 2010
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Spain's Consejo General del Poder Judicial, or General Council of the Judiciary, has postponed its decision on Baltasar Garzón's request for a seven-month leave of absence to work for the Chief Prosecutor of the ICC while it awaits several additional reports, after suspending him this morning--a decision that threw the country Read more »

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Spain in turmoil over Garzón suspension

May 14, 2010
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As the Consejo General del Poder Judicial meets to decide on Garzón's request for a seven-month leave of absence to work at the ICC, indignation about the Council's decision, this morning, to suspend the groundbreaking investigative magistrate, is spreading rapidly, with prominent jurists and intellectuals from Spain and elsewhere speaking out, and grassroot...
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Prominent intellectuals support Garzón; Foreign Ministry supports his ICC request

May 13, 2010
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El País has published a short declaration of support for Garzón signed by, among others, Juan Goytisolo, Carlos Fuentes, and Alain Touraine, in which the signatories express their "astonishment" at the trial of the investigative magistrate. "The fact that this suit is brought by a fascist party, and incomprehensibly accepted by the Spanish...
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Update: Garzón’s fate decided this Friday

May 12, 2010
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The Consejo General del Poder Judicial has called an emergency meeting this Friday --El País reports-- to decide whether to suspend Baltasar Garzón, a trial against whom was opened this morning by Supreme Court Justice Luciano Varela. A suspension for the duration of the trial would jeopardize his possible 7-month transfer to...
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NYT comes out in support of Garzón

April 9, 2010
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NYT comes out in support of Garzón

An NYT  editorial today:

The real crimes in this case are the disappearances, not Mr. Garzón’s investigation. If, as seems likely, these were crimes against humanity under international law, Spain’s 1977 amnesty could not legally absolve them. The suspected perpetrators are all dead, and Mr. Garzón long ago halted his...
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