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The Ombudsman appreciates the efforts made to help a Syrian girl

08-16-2016

The story goes as follows. A little Syrian girl from a refugee family in Jordan needed very complex and delicate craniofacial surgery. In Jordan, after the necessary assessment, the doctors did not dare perform such a complex operation. Then, in March 2016, the search began for a hospital and doctors who would accept this young […]


Arnaldo Ortegi barred

08-11-2016

Ā The Spanish legal system establishes a prison sentence as well as the penalty of special ineligibility for public employment or for holding public office and that of loss of the right to stand as a candidate for those guilty of terrorism offences. In this latter instance, it involves the inability to be elected in a […]


The Ombudsman warns that an interim Government over a long period of time is ā€œdetrimental to the general publicā€

07-22-2016

The Ombudsman of Spain (Defensora del Pueblo), Soledad Becerril, warned of the difficulties involved in there being an interim Government for a long-drawn-out period, a situation that is ā€œdetrimental to the interests of the general publicā€. ā€œThe institution noted these difficultiesā€, the Ombudsman stated, after pointing out that -over the last few months- the central […]


The Ombudsman hands in three reports to Parliament

07-20-2016

The Ombudsman has handed in to Parliament a summary of activities for the first six months of the year, the NPM (National Torture Prevention Mechanism) report for 2015 and the paper ā€œAsylum in Spain: international protection and the resources of the intake systemā€. Summary of the first six months In the period from January to […]


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