Judges call 600,000-euro fines for 'personalised' protests or photographing police 'repressive' and 'autocratic'
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 @ 1:42 PM
NEW legislation attempting to limit public demonstrations and imposing fines ranging from 30,000 to 600,000 euros for 'insulting a police officer' or 'protesting in public without authorities' consent' has been slammed by judges, pressure groups and even the police themselves.
The association Judges for Democracy likens the Law of Public Safety to legislation passed during dictator General Franco's era which effectively censored freedom of speech.
These top-level legal professionals say the move is almost certainly against the terms of the Spanish Constitution and leaves ordinary citizens 'defenceless'.
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