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Spain's spycop operations prompt international condemnation
Anaïs Franquesa, a lawyer from the Barcelona-based human rights group Iridia, speaking at a press conference in Barcelona on Thursday morning, on the launch of a statement condemning Spain's undercover policing operations against activists. [Iridia]

Bethany Rielly

Home affairs reporter, in Barcelona 

BRITISH rights groups are among 88 organisations worldwide that signed a statement today condemning Spain’s undercover policing operations against political activists. 

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