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Policing; in briefSpain: mossos d'escuadra on trial for torture:

01 March 2003

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Sixteen officers from the mossos d'escuadra the Catalan regional police will be tried in relation to the beating of a Moroccan citizen, Driss Zraidi, in a police cell in Roses (Girona) on 4 August 1998. Ten officers are accused of torture and bodily harm, while the remaining six have to answer for their failure to intervene, stop or pursue the offences by their colleagues. The events reportedly happened at night when Zraidi refused to show officers documentation after committing a traffic offence, leading to a violent struggle during which an officer hurt his hand. Zraidi accused officers of repeatedly striking him in the cell, and a visit to a hospital showed that he had three broken ribs and injuries compatible with a beating. Zraidi claims that he was denied medical assistance in the police station, and that he was unable to talk to his lawyer properly because of the pain from his injuries. The judge at the preliminary hearing found that the officers used force in a proportionate manner to detain Zraidi, but argued that the trial must find whether such force was necessary, and whether the broken ribs were produced during the arrest or the subsequent attack. El País 9.1.03

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