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Strasbourg Court Condemns Spain for Failure to Conduct “Effective” Investigation in Two Complaints for Chemical Submission Rape · Global Voices

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The European Court of Human Rights condemned Spain this Thursday for not having carried out an “effective” investigation of the case of two women who reported having been raped for chemical submission in 2016 in Pamplona and whose evidence was lost or manipulated in police custody. In its unanimous judgement, published on Tuesday, European judges state that in this case there has been a violation of article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading…

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Madrid. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned Spain this Thursday for the serious irregularities in the investigation of the rape of two women by chemical substances in 2016, pointing out possible falsifications of evidence and collusion between one of the defendants and a police officer.The events date back to December 7, 2016, when two Spanish women met two men in a bar.When they woke up the next morning, they found themselves na…

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The European Court of Human Rights condemned Spain this Thursday for not having carried out an “effective” investigation of the case of two women who reported having been raped for chemical submission in 2016 in Pamplona and whose evidence was lost or manipulated in police custody. In its unanimous judgement, published on Tuesday, European judges state that in this case there has been a violation of article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading…

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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned on Thursday Spain, referring to "possible falsification of evidence"

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The rapes took place in 2016 in the Erripagaina neighborhood of Pamplona. The two girls who were attacked filed a complaint, the Spanish Police began an investigation, and over time, much of the material from that investigation disappeared or was altered. It was later discovered that one of the police officers involved in the investigation was the brother-in-law of one of the attackers.

Spain was convicted by the European Court of Human Rights in a case of rape by chemical submission.

The sexual assaults took place on December 8, 2016, in Pamplona. Two women alleged that two men drugged them and, under the influence of these substances, raped them. The Spanish police investigated the complaint, which found numerous shortcomings in the investigation; some important evidence that was under the protection of the police had disappeared, and others had been tampered with. The judges of the European Court of Human Rights unanimousl…

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diariodenavarra.es broke the news in on Thursday, October 23, 2025.
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