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Almería leads gender related violence stats for the last 15 years

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Here’s a fun statistic. It turns out that Almería is the province with the greatest number of reported gender related crimes, relative to head of population, in the country, over the last 15 years. And Roquetas de Mar is the hotbed of the plague – it is the large city with the greatest number of reported crimes per head of population in the country. Between 2003 and 2018, there was an average of 5.4 murders Continue reading Almería leads gender related violence stats for the last 15 years→

Woman attacked in Satanic ritual

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A woman’s life was apparently saved last Thursday after a quick thinking pair of local police officers in Almeria city rescued her from what appears to have been a “satanic ritual”. The 44 year old Uruguayan woman had replied to a job advert, meeting a 43 year man from Madrid in a local bar at six pm. He had discussed the job with her, and then invited her back to his “office” to meet his Continue reading Woman attacked in Satanic ritual→

Amnesty International: Spain turns blind eye to police torturing suspects

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Ah hem. Amnesty International reckons Spain is turning a blind eye to complaints about police torturing or mistreating suspects, and has failed Spain in it’s latest annual report. The report says that Spain “must do more” to investigate such complaints and says that the nation appears to have a serious structural defect in investigating such matters. It points to such evidence as the European Court of Human Rights which recently slammed Spain for not protecting Continue reading Amnesty International: Spain turns blind eye to police torturing suspects→