Morocco & Spain: child rapist pardon scandal has a spy story behind

Yesterday I reported outraged that the King of Morocco, on request of the King of Spain, pardoned a serial child rapist, known as Daniel Galván Viña. 

The protest yesterday in Rabat was brutally smashed by police (→ Al Jazeera, extremely hard to find). 

Galván's conviction to 30 years in 2011 was a landmark decision that appeared as a change of course in a state that had for decades allowed child abuse to remain unpunished in essence, behaving in fact as a pimp-state. Therefore this pardon has outraged the people. 

Blogger Maria Karim said:

This decision humiliates the victims of a sexual predator and sends out a message of impunity to the other predators, who are still free.

In the social networks there is an uproar against Justice Minister Mustapha Ramid, but the minister has blamed the King in a quite unprecedented finger-pointing act against the untouchable throne.

Even the most strongly pro-monarchy politicians are demanding an investigation. This pardon has the potency of becoming a vortex of anti-monarchy and pro-freedom feelings, serving as catalyst to bring to light the widespread sentiment of oppression for living in a totalitarian state with a mere varnish of formal democracy.

This is not the first time pedophiles get away from jail thanks to a royal pardon. Wikileaks-released cables (thanks Brad Manning) evidenced the release of two such criminals, of French nationality, in 2010. 

One of the victims of the Rapist of Kenitra has already tried to kill himself, demolished by the lack of protection of his rights. 

Iraqi officer from Basra

The pedophile and spy (El País)

But the most striking revelations come from Madrid newspaper El País[es]. This media reports that the pardon was requested by the Spanish secret service CNI and managed by its Moroccan equivalent DGED. 

It also mentions that while sometimes Galván pretended to be a former Professor of Oceanography at the University of Murcia (who does not show up anywhere), in other occasions he admitted to be an Iraqi officer who collaborated... with foreign secret services against the Baath regime. His Moroccan attorney acknowledged that he was fluent in Arabic including the Moroccan dialect.

So apparently Galván (or whichever is his real name) was born in Basra, was an officer in Saddam's military who betrayed his country and was paid with money and a new identity as Spanish professor. 

However his fluency in the Moroccan dialect makes it possible that his true origin and history is not actually known and that even the Iraq story is a smoke screen he casted in order to satisfy his attorney's curiosity without revealing his true identity. He also speaks fluently English, French and Classic Arabic.

The Moroccan Royal House remains silent. Allegedly the King of Spain only mentioned one name, an ill trucker, when he met his Moroccan colleague and the list of those pardoned has been otherwise elaborated by the Moroccan Royal House. However the name of Galván appears the last of the list, being apparently added in the last minute, a trick in which the Spanish and Moroccan secret services played, it seems, a central role. 

We cannot ignore that these two states are vassals of the USA and that it's probably Pentagon or CIA top bosses who have been pulling the strings from behind the shadows all the time. One wonders why this criminal, whose real name we do not know, is so important to them.

Turkey: student loans to be denied to those who join protests

The fascist Turkish state is again showing its true colors: people who take part in protests will become legally ineligible for student loans.

The new norm, to be applied from 2014 on, has been approved by the Institution of Loans for Superior Education and University Residences on the grounds that such activities are "a violation of the right to education".

The banned activities include painting graffiti, chanting slogans, occupying buildings or taking part in any boycott, be it individually or collectively, inside or outside the university precinct.

The banned activities are described as "acts of anarchism and terrorism".

Hitler himself could not have thought something more twisted. 

Source: Webguerrillero[es].

Morocco: protests against the royal pardon of Spanish child rapist

Protectors of child rapists

On explicit request of the King of Spain, his colleague of Morocco, Mohamed VI, issued a royal pardon for 48 Spanish prisoners. Most were probably in jail for petty crimes like drug traffic or the like but one, Daniel Galván Viña, was imprisoned for multiple cases of rape of children as young as three.

Daniel Galván (variedly reported to be 65 or 68 years old) is apparently a psychopath with lots of money who went to Morocco to satisfy his cruel pedophile urges, preying on at least eleven children between the ages of 3 and 14, whom he raped and abused mercilessly. 

Tens of thousands are expected to gather before the Royal Palace to condemn this decision tonight, reports Al-Jazeera.

In my opinion, such kind of criminals, those who abuse children, deserve death. The Moroccan justice was much more generous and he was sentenced to only 30 years in jail. He was in jail less than two.

Being filthy rich he probably has connections, enough it seems to mobilize even the royal houses both sides of the Pillars. So he has already been released and deported to Spain.

Spanish Attorney General's office declared that "we cannot judge him again", while the Spanish Royal Family said: "Nothing can be done. It’s an internal decision. We are not going to do anything".

You already did too much, you corrupt unelected criminals with a silly hat! Galván would not be at large without your corrupt help! 

Still something can probably be done before the old child rapist goes again in rampage: get him interned in a psychiatric institution indefinitely, as law dictates for dangerous psychopaths, what is not related to penal charges but to his mental state. 

Sadly the corrupt bourgeois oligarchy won't allow that one of them goes to prison for anything, not for abusing defenseless children of the popular classes anyway. The oligarchy is full of psychopaths like him and most of them get away with impunity. 

There is something to do: impalement for child rapist and, at the very least, castration for other rapists. Zero tolerance against child abuse! We are not interested in the impossible recovery of such kind of psychopaths, we are interested only in them getting off our planet forever.


Update: Spanish prisoners in Morocco, most of which remain in prison, including some with serious health problems, are outraged and some of them have initiated a hunger strike → Canal Sur[es].

Italy: raids against NO TAV activists

The movement against the High Speed Rail (NO TAV) in NW Italy has been subject to police harassment, intimidation and criminalization in the last weeks, as reported by Struggles in Italy:

[en] Police operation against No TAV: charges of terrorism and subversion

Posted on 2013/08/01 by Struggles in Italy

 

In the Susa Valley and Turin, tens of homes and even restaurants owned by No TAV activists from the group Comitato di Lotta Popolare have been searched in an extraordinary anti-terrorism and subversion police operation. Police were looking for “explosives, blunt objects, items suitable for cutting fences and audio-visual and digital devices that could lead to the identification of possible accomplices.”

Searches and arrests have taken place under article 280 of the Italian Criminal Code rather than the more usually employed articles 270 and 270bis. This represents a significant reframing of the No TAV struggle by the judiciary, with consequences to be found in the actions of the police. Charges associated with article 280 (“subversion of democracy”) are easier to bring than those associated with article 270 (“criminal organisation”). For article 280 charges (which can attract custodial sentences of up to 30 years), a judge only requires a couple of injured police officers. Article 270 charges, on the other hand, are difficult to bring against anarchists (who are often involved in demonstrations) as they tend not to be involved in a formal organisation. In addition, the use of petrol bombs (Molotov cocktails) is treated most seriously by Italian law.

These searches and arrests are related to the protests that took place on July 10, when stones and firecrackers were thrown at the heavily fortified building site and many demonstrators were arrested. After the arrests, many demonstrations took place in solidarity with those arrested. A few days later, all were released.

On July 19, another demonstration, a march through the woods to the perimeter fence of the building site, turned very ugly with 63 injured, two detained and seven arrested. Among them was Marta, an activist who has reported harassment and humiliation by the police. She was left for four hours with a split lip (despite a police doctor having ordered immediate admission to hospital) while police officers spat at her and insulted her.

Tension is growing in the Susa Valley. Police jeeps carrying officers have been seen close to the No TAV camp in Venaus and other police vehicles are guarding different parts of the valley. No TAV activists believe that the new wave of searches and charges indicate the judiciary’s desire to increase the level of repression. There have been no more arrests but there is now the threat of most serious charges being brought, charges which could lead, without evidence, to long pre-trial detention orders.

As a footnote – reporting of the No TAV struggle, in all its variety, by the mainstream media is extremely biased. By presenting a partial story to the general population, the media (such as La Stampa, a newspaper based in Turin) encourages people to take a particular view, with no alternatives countenanced.

Greece: police flattens many Roma camps

From From the Greek Streets:

Riot police on tour across the Peloponnese flatten to the ground Roma camps in at least four prefectures

Riot police squads that arrived from Athens have been conducting operations against the Roma population across the Peloponnese for the past few days. On Monday, the riot police flattened Roma camps in the Corinth prefecture, before moving to Messinia (and its capital, Kalamata) on Tuesday and then operating further in the prefectures of Argolida and Arkadia on Wednesday.

Astonishingly, the official police report on the operations talks of the “tackling” and the “prevention” of crime as the reasons why the Roma houses came under attack – an open and direct racist  attack against them. On Tuesday alone, 623 Roma were detained of which 84 were arrested, while 14 homes in total were flattened. The numbers for the other days remain unknown.

Turkey: police attacks yet another peaceful demonstration.

On August 30th, hundreds concentrated in Istiklal Avenue to pay homage to a young victim of police violence, who is nearing death. The absolutely peaceful concentration was violently repressed by police forces in yet another show of the fascist style of Erdogan, who does not allow any sort of dissidence (and yet wonders why he's considered a dictator).

Video (in Spanish):

Source: Webguerrillero[es].

Uruguay: legalizing marijuana

The lower house of the Parliament of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay approved yesterday a bill that legalizes and regularizes the production and commercialization of marijuana. The ruling Wide Front (left) supported the bill without fissures, while the right-wing opposition voted against. 

Under the new law the production and commercialization of cannabis will be under supervision of a state organism, which will issues licenses and voluntary registry of consumers, who will be entitled to purchase up to 40 grams per month. 

Previously consumption was legally tolerated but production and trade were not regulated, much as it happens in many states of Europe. This allows mafias to operate outside legality with no guarantees for consumers and no taxation for the state. 

Personally I think that the law is still too restrictive and that cannabis should be subject to similar legislation as alcohol and tobacco. Also caffeine should be included in this category of socially tolerated drugs and not sold as mere "harmless" food, being clearly an addictive drug (something that can't be said of marijuana, whose addictiveness is at best very weak, nearing zero). 

I am particularly concerned by the creation of  such "consumer registry", which is a clear violation of privacy and is potentially stigmatizing.

Source: Webguerrillero[es].