For years, conservatives in Spain bristled as their most famous magistrate, Baltasar Garzon, pushed the boundaries of international law against former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet and ...

A Spanish judge opened a criminal investigation Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008, into atrocities committed during the Spanish Civil War and ensuing right-wing dictatorship, launching the first official ...

Mr. Garzón, who went after leaders like Augusto Pinochet of Chile, was himself suspended last month after being charged with abusing his powers to investigate Spanish Civil War atrocities.

The Spanish Civil War of 1936–39 is remembered today as a sort of Second World War-in-training, a playoff game before the championship match between Team Axis and Team Allies a few years later.

The recently proposed Spanish bill, “Democratic Memory,” was originally meant to enable the Spanish Supreme Court to investigate the violation of human rights during the Civil War of 1936-39 ...

These chambers operated during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39, ... and Spain's transition to democracy in the late 1970s included a tacit accord to stay mum about atrocities on both sides.

Spain’s judicial oversight body suspended Judge Baltasar Garzón as he prepares to stand trial on charges of disregarding the amnesty law shielding crimes of the Franco era from investigation. The Los ...

The Spanish Civil War of 1936–39 is remembered today as a sort of Second World War-in-training, a playoff game before the championship match between Team Axis and Team Allies a few years later.

The Spanish Civil War raged from 1936 to 1939 and brought about the violent deaths of thousands of priests, nuns, and laypeople. Eleven have already been canonized, and well over 2,000 have been ...