Spanish police accused of torturing gay Arab man
- Two police officers from Catalonia, an autonomous region in northeast Spain, face possible prison sentences for allegedly detaining and torturing a gay Arab man in November 2021.
- Spain’s Fiscalía de Odio, which prosecutes hate crimes, seeks nearly eight years of incarceration and 20,000 Euros in damages from the two men, whose names have not been released publicly, according to the Spanish newspaper El País.
- Fiscalía de Odio is a branch of Spain’s Ministerio Fiscal, which is similar to the Justice Department in the United States.
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- Two police officers from Catalonia, an autonomous region in northeast Spain, face possible prison sentences for allegedly detaining and torturing a gay Arab man in November 2021.
- Spain’s Fiscalía de Odio, which prosecutes hate crimes, seeks nearly eight years of incarceration and 20,000 Euros in damages from the two men, whose names have not been released publicly, according to the Spanish newspaper El País.
- Fiscalía de Odio is a branch of Spain’s Ministerio Fiscal, which is similar to the Justice Department in the United States.
Sources: Advocate