Spanish historian sued for slander over research on fascist repression
In an unprecedented lawsuit, historian Fernando Mikelarena Peña is being taken to court accused of libel and slander for his scholarly research into the fascist repression during the 1936–1939 Spanish Civil War. If successful, it would set a dangerous precedent to silence and suppress academic research on the crime of fascism in Spain.
Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco meeting in 1940 [Source: Wikimedia Commons]
The lawsuit is over Mikelarena’s book
Without mercy, political cleansing in Navarre 1936.
Responsibilities, collaborators and executioners (Sin piedad: Limpieza política en Navarra, 1936. Responsables, colaboradores y ejecutores, 2015) and article,