A Spanish judge presided over a Friday hearing on allegations of torture during late dictator Francisco Franco's regime, marking the first case of its kind to undergo legal review.
heard evidence Friday of alleged torture during the rule of the country's late dictator Francisco Franco, in what rights groups said was the first case of its kind to be accepted for legal review.
Pacheco said he hoped his testimony was a step toward"starting to break down the wall of silence and impunity" regarding abuses during Franco’s rule. His wife also testified. With victims and human rights groups arguing that torture and other serious crimes should not go unpunished, the center-left Socialist government in power last year opened the door to possible prosecutions for crimes committed under the dictatorship.The Democratic Memory Law
Other complaints have been filed with Spanish courts, but Pacheco’s was the first to be heard by a judge, according to right groups supporting the legal action.
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