Spain drops 'genocide' case against China's Tibet leaders

[t_co]

BBC News - Spain drops 'genocide' case against China's Tibet leaders

Spain has dropped a judicial investigation into alleged genocide and human rights violations against a number of Chinese leaders in Tibet.

The High Court said the case did not comply with new legislation that limits Spain's ability to investigate crimes against humanity committed abroad.

China welcomed the decision - the investigation had threatened to damage relations between the two countries.

The case was initially brought by a Tibetan monk, who is a Spanish citizen.

Among those named was China's former president Hu Jintao, who was the Communist Party leader in Tibet in 1988-1992 when Chinese troops quelled mass protests and imposed martial law.

The remote mountainous territory is an autonomous region ruled by Beijing.

Under new rules which became law in March, Spanish judges can still pursue crimes against humanity committed abroad, but the suspect must be Spanish or a foreign resident in Spain.

Madrid denies the new law is a response to complaints by Beijing.

Spain has pioneered what is known as universal jurisdiction.

The best known case saw former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet detained in London in 1998 on a Spanish warrant. He was later returned to Chile on health grounds and did not stand trial in Spain.

 

[abhi_the _gr8_maratha]

i hope spain will also investigate massacre of tiamin square, baby soup for increasing sex power etc.

 

[t_co]

i hope spain will also investigate massacre of tiamin square, baby soup for increasing sex power etc.

According to the recently passed Spanish law the article talks about, such investigations are now off-limits.

Also, given Spain's precarious financial position, even if such investigations were allowed, they would not happen. Regarding these 'human rights advocates' and other nuisances - to paraphrase Stalin: "The Dalai Lama? How many billions has he got?"

 

[abhi_the _gr8_maratha]

this is humorous. What about spanish inhuman act towards latin american?

 

[Ray]

Money speaks!

 

[Voldemort]

And what about Human Rights groups? Where are they?

 

[Ray]

And what about Human Rights groups? Where are they?

There is a Punjabi song that answers that question - Rub so gayi, pha'ng pi kar .

 

[Srinivas_K]

Tibetan resistance is alive and is going on for decades now, Chinese cannot suppress their crimes in Tibet.