Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon

Historic Testimony From Victim Of Regime That Killed Thousands

AP | DANIEL WOOLLS | Posted 04.02.2012

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MADRID (AP) — With a voice so faint and hoarse it sounded like a whisper, an elderly Spanish woman dressed in black gave Spain's court system on Wed...

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Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón Who Indicted Bin Laden Opposes Targeted Killing

Democracy Now! | Posted 07.12.2011

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"Any person who leads a terrorist organization like al Qaeda is obviously a target," Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón said. "Under the rule of law, justice should be sought by legal means.

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Spain Banishes Human Rights Judge Baltasar Garzón

Barbara Probst Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barbara Probst Solomon

The bizarre exile of Judge Garzon suddenly places the country, which has been exemplary in its emergence from its forty-year dictatorship, on the wrong side of history.

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"Golden Shield" Doesn't Cover Condi's Torture Role

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Coleen Rowley

It was Condoleezza Rice who verbally approved the CIA's request to subject the first alleged al-Qaeda terrorist to waterboarding in July 2002.

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Spanish Judge Resumes Torture Case Against Six Senior Bush Lawyers

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

Judge Baltasar Garzón is pressing ahead with a case against six senior Bush administration lawyers for implementing torture at Guantánamo.

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Spanish Judge Opens Investigation Into Gitmo, 'Systemic' Bush-Era Torture

AP | DANIEL WOOLLS | Posted 05.25.2011

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MADRID — A Spanish judge opened a probe into the Bush administration over alleged torture of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, pressing ahead W...

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