Court rules Spanish fascist regime did not commit crimes against humanity
Spain’s Constitutional Court, empowered to determine the constitutionality of all laws in the country, has ruled that the 1939-1978 fascist regime under General Francisco Franco did not commit crimes against humanity. The ruling constitutes an endorsement by a top European Union court for a four-decade fascist regime and its policy of mass murder and repression.
Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco meeting in 1940 (Wikimedia Commons)
It is part of the unfolding global ramifications of the January 6 coup in Washington spearheaded by Donald Trump, with much of the Republican party and of the state apparatus. Emboldened by the US Democratic Party’s calls for “unity” with the fascist coup plotters, the adoption of far-right agenda by European governments, and the role of pseudo-left groups in downplaying the fascist threat, the Constitutional Court can publicly deny the atrocities committed by Spanish fasci
» Declan Kearney
Sinn Féin National Chairperson
“Catalunya and the Basque Country are European issues. It is no longer tenable for the European Union (EU) to remain passive and silent in the face of democracy being denied, and human rights violations being perpetrated: Or, whilst the Spanish government fails to engage in direct, good faith negotiations with the respective political leaderships - Declan Kearney
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Nicola Sturgeon goaded that the PM fears the verdict and the will of the Scottish people as she quoted the famous Robert Burns poem, saying he is a wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim rous beastie .