Spain to offer compensation to victims of Franco dictatorship
The Spanish government is to formally recognise individual victims of the Spanish Civil War and ensuing dictatorship of General Francisco Franco and is ready to award compensation to the families of those who were killed in the struggle for democracy.
The cabinet of Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero announced plans to strengthen legislation designed to "right the wrongs" of the past and heal wounds that still exist in Spain more than seventy years after the start of a conflict that tore the nation apart.
Those who were persecuted, imprisoned, or executed during the 1936-39 conflict and ensuing four decade fascist dictatorship will be officially declared "victims" and their relatives will be able to apply to the courts for a certificate of recognition.
The families of those found guilty of opposing the dictatorship and handed arbitrary sentences by military courts between 1968 until Franco's death in November 1975 could be entitled to compensation up to 135,000 euros (£100,000).
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The cabinet of Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero announced plans to strengthen legislation designed to "right the wrongs" of the past and heal wounds that still exist in Spain more than seventy years after the start of a conflict that tore the nation apart.
Those who were persecuted, imprisoned, or executed during the 1936-39 conflict and ensuing four decade fascist dictatorship will be officially declared "victims" and their relatives will be able to apply to the courts for a certificate of recognition.
The families of those found guilty of opposing the dictatorship and handed arbitrary sentences by military courts between 1968 until Franco's death in November 1975 could be entitled to compensation up to 135,000 euros (£100,000).