The cover up of crimes after the Spanish Civil War

[sasguru]

Chunts like you feeling me up and not taking "No!" for an answer. Hth.

Next time stay in economy.

[Martin Bank Holiday]

Hard to imagine now but Spain was still a dictatorship until 1975 and their chosen method of capital punishment was death by garotting.

And you needed a visa to get in as well. I can still clearly remember driving over the border from France into No Man's Land with my parents and the soldiers who very firmly clasped their hands on their rifles when they saw our car approaching the Spanish border post.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Hard to imagine now but Spain was still a dictatorship until 1975 and their chosen method of capital punishment was death by garotting.

History of the garotte (or garrotte)

Gosh.

[sal]

Why does that mean they are not political prisoners?

And you are happy that having an opposing political view as enough to throw people into prison?

They weren't jailed for merely holding an opposing political views, which would make them political prisoners.

They weren't jailed for holding an illegal referendum.

They were jailed for act of sedition, declaring independence, against the Spanish constitution and against the wishes of the population of Catalonia.

My cousin lives in Catalonia, according to him there isn't really that much support for independence, definitely not a majority. Puigdemont and his cronies decided to roll the dice and failed miserably.

[vetran]

They weren't jailed for merely holding an opposing political views, which would make them political prisoners.

They weren't jailed for holding an illegal referendum.

They were jailed for act of sedition, declaring independence, against the Spanish constitution and against the wishes of the population of Catalonia.

My cousin lives in Catalonia, according to him there isn't really that much support for independence, definitely not a majority. Puigdemont and his cronies decided to roll the dice and failed miserably.

wait till the SNP get there..

[vetran]

Chunts like you feeling me up and not taking "No!" for an answer. Hth.

hmmm why do I have this in my brain now?

[Old Greg]

They weren't jailed for merely holding an opposing political views, which would make them political prisoners.

They weren't jailed for holding an illegal referendum.

They were jailed for act of sedition, declaring independence, against the Spanish constitution and against the wishes of the population of Catalonia.

My cousin lives in Catalonia, according to him there isn't really that much support for independence, definitely not a majority. Puigdemont and his cronies decided to roll the dice and failed miserably.

None of that means they're not political prisoners.

HTH

[JohntheBike]

Hard to imagine now but Spain was still a dictatorship until 1975 and their chosen method of capital punishment was death by garotting.

And you needed a visa to get in as well. I can still clearly remember driving over the border from France into No Man's Land with my parents and the soldiers who very firmly clasped their hands on their rifles when they saw our car approaching the Spanish border post.

Hard to imagine now but Spain was still a dictatorship until 1975

yes, and the abduction of babies from "unsuitable" mothers continued into the 1980's with support from doctors and the Catholic Church.

The West was complicit in the post civil war atrocities as they saw Franco as a bastion against Communism, which they feared would engulf Spain.

[Uncle Albert]

yes, and the abduction of babies from "unsuitable" mothers continued into the 1980's with support from doctors and the Catholic Church.

The West was complicit in the post civil war atrocities as they saw Franco as a bastion against Communism, which they feared would engulf Spain.

What was the program called? I'd like to watch it.

[JohntheBike]

What was the program called? I'd like to watch it.

Facing Franco's Crimes: The Silence of Others

BBC 4 Monday 22:00