Madrid, Mar 28 (EFE).- Amnesty International affirms that in 2022 in Spain “the climate of impunity and lack of accountability” has worsened, in cases such as the “massacre” at the border fence in Melilla.
Last year, at least 27 immigrants died, while different organizations raise that number to 37, in a massive attempt to jump the fence from Morocco, after which international organizations and human rights organizations demanded that the actions of security forces be investigated. Moroccan and Spanish security.
Regarding nursing homes, the organization warns that three years after the start of the pandemic, the Spanish authorities have breached their obligation to “exhaustively and adequately” investigate the abandonment suffered by many of them, with numerous complaints from relatives of deaths due to poor care.
It also denounces the “abuses protected” by the so-called gag law, on citizen security and which was approved by the previous Conservative Government, “which have left citizens unprotected against the excessive use of force by members of the security forces.” of security”.
For this organization, the fact that the current left-wing government has not yet reformed represents a missed opportunity “in terms of freedom of expression, assembly and demonstration, as well as immigration, since the law continues to endorse illegal returns in border”.
In addition, espionage programs have been used “that have violated the right to privacy of journalists, authorities and civil society.”
Good assessment of the law of “if it is yes”
Regarding the law on official secrets, which dates from 1968 and is being reformed, he maintains that a more restrictive approach to what is classifiable as a State secret would be “more in line with the standards of international law in terms of transparency and rights humans”.
The report acknowledges certain “efforts” on the part of the Government, such as social aid in the face of rising energy costs or a limit to the rise in rental housing, but at the same time calls for more investment in areas such as health.
Likewise, it values the new law against sexual violence, as “a great step for the prevention, attention and protection of women, girls and victims”, and appreciates improvements in the rights of LGTBI people in the trans law.
It also notes improvements in access to abortion, with “broader recognition of the rights to reproduction and freely decided maternity” in a new law.