Spain and the erosion of democratic rights

[robbo203]

From Revolution News , some rather disturbing news….

 

The ‪#‎LeyMordaza‬ (Gag Law) has been approved in ‪#‎Spain‬. With this law, the production and distribution of images such as this one can get you a 30.000€ fine.

1. Photographing or recording police – 600 to 30.000€ fine.
2. Peaceful disobedience to authority – 600 to 30.000€ fine.
3. Occupying banks as means of protest – 600 to 30.000€ fine.
4. Not formalizing a protest – 600 to 30.000€ fine.
5. For carrying out assemblies or meetings in public spaces – 100 to 600€ fine.
6. For impeding or stopping an eviction – 600 to 30.000€ fine.
7. For presence at an occupied space (not only social centers but also houses occupied by evicted families) – 100 to 600€ fine.
8. Police black lists for protestors, activists and alternative press have been legalized.
9. Meeting or gathering in front of Congress – 600 to 30.000€ fine.
10. Appealing the fines in court requires the payment of judicial costs, whose amount depends on the fine.
11. It allows random identity checks, allowing for profiling of immigrants and minorities.
12. Police can now carry out raids at their discretion, without the need for "order" to have been disrupted.
13. External bodily searches are also now allowed at police discretion.
14. The government can prohibit any protest at will, if it feels "order" will be disrupted.
15. Any ill-defined "critical infrastructure" is now considered a forbidden zone for public gatherings if it might affect their functioning.
16. There are also fines for people who climb buildings and monuments without permission.

Also  here:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/01/spanish-government-approves-law-demonstrations

 

[alanjjohnstone]

Not just SpainPolice asked a university to hand over a list of members of the public who were due to attend a public debate on its campus about fracking… police have been monitoring political activities at universities around the country, and spying on groups that use non-violent methods to further their aims. Last year it was revealed that police attempted to recruit an activist to become an informant and pass on information about Cambridge University students and other protesters…At Lancaster University, police took photographs of two posters reading “Not for Shale” and “End Israel’s attacks on Gaza” in the office window of the students’ union president. They told her she was potentially committing a public order offence.http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/15/police-university-list-fracking-debate

[alanjjohnstone]

No democracy for anarchists…and no keeping secrets from the statehttp://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201412171427-0024441http://en.squat.net/2014/12/16/cops-arrest-11-raid-anarchist-social-centres-16-solidarity-demos-already/http://www.telesurtv.net/english/contenidos/2014/12/27/noticia_0013.htmlhttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/01/security-not-crime-unless-youre-anarchist

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Four of the detainees have been released, but seven have been jailed pending trial. The reasons given by the judge for their continued detention include the possession of certain books, "the production of publications and forms of communication”, and the fact that the defendants “used emails with extreme security measures, such as the RISE UP server.

 

[ALB]

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and the fact that the defendants “used emails with extreme security measures, such as the RISE UP server.

Riseup is one way of trying to avoid State snooping (as well as avoiding unwelcome advertisements). What's wrong with that? Some members use it. More about it here:https://securityinabox.org/riseup_main

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