The National Court investigates whether there was glorification of terrorism in a Podemos event on Palestine

The Diplomat The National Court has admitted the complaint filed by Vox against two pro-Palestinian activists who participated in an event organized by Podemos in Congress and in which, supposedly, they had uttered expressions that could fit into a crime of glorifying terrorism and humiliating the dignity of victims of terrorism. In an order from the reinforcing judge of the Central Court of Instruction number 6, Joaquín Gadea, to which Europa Press had access, it is explained that Jaldia Abubakra and Miriam Ojeda on June 3, within the framework of some parliamentary sessions and with the purpose To address the situation in Palestine from a historical and human rights perspective, they defended - according to the Vox complaint - "the use of armed struggle as a mechanism of resistance for the Palestinian people, as El Confidencial reported The judge refers to what was stated in the Santiago Abascal complaint to explain that Abubakra maintained that the attack carried out by Hamas on October 7, 2023 in Israel was a "brave initiative of the Palestinian resistance (…) that "has put the Palestinian issue back on the political and media agenda." Gadea recalls that, regarding this attack, there is currently a criminal procedure initiated by the Central Court of Instruction number 3 in which the death of two Spanish citizens is being investigated as a crime of terrorism. And he adds that the common position in the European Union is to consider Hamas - which would be behind the attack - as a terrorist organization. The magistrate cites jurisprudence of the Supreme Court and emphasizes that the high court maintains that "manifestations of encouragement to terrorist organizations can include clear humiliating, humiliating and even ruthless manifestations." And he adds that in the case of the two pro-Palestinian activists and having examined the complaint filed by Vox, he understands that "the classification as 'brave initiative' used to refer to the facts could constitute a crime of apology for terrorism and humiliation of the victims." "that occurred on October 7 and 8, 2023 in Israel." Thus, the magistrate not only gives the green light for the jurisdiction of his court to be considered - given that the events that occurred in Israel "have been unequivocally classified as acts of terrorism" - but also advances that both activists must be summoned - he does not say date yet - so that their statements can be taken as defendants. "The demonstrations carried out by the defendants Jaldia Abubakra - founder of the Al-Karama Palestinian Women's Movement - and Mirian Ojeda - president of the Samidoun Network - require a criminal investigation in order to determine possible criminal responsibilities for crimes of terrorism," he concludes. .It was on June 6 when Vox's legal services filed a complaint regarding the activists' participation in an event organized by Podemos, which was also attended by the party's general secretary, Ione Belarra. In it they explained that Abubakra in her demonstrations invoked "the use of violence and armed struggle as a legitimate mechanism for the Palestinian people to resist." And they remembered that she expressly said that the Palestinian movements demanded and fought "for the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea." For Vox, this so-called or slogan identifies it "with the Islamic terrorist group Hamas." The training reviews other statements by this first activist, and de Ojeda highlights that she stated, not literally, that thanks to the events of October 7, the Palestinian question had been placed "at the center." Those from Abascal stressed in the complaint that these statements had a great public impact given that they were collected by newspapers and social networks, and they requested that the National Court take statements from both, that a recording of the act be obtained, and that the judicial police will make a report on the matter. The person signing this order understands that the jurisdiction of this Central Investigative Court must be considered for the investigation of the events reported by the VOX Political Party, in its complaint dated 06/06/2024, for alleged crimes of glorifying terrorism and humiliating the dignity of victims of terrorismIn the present case, this instructor considers that the facts reported in the complaint of 06/06/2024 are classified as crimes of terrorism. The complaint states that, on June 3, 2024, within the framework of parliamentary sessions organized by the Podemos political party with the aim of addressing the situation in Palestine from a historical and human rights perspective, the defendants Jaldia Abubakra and Mirian Ojeda has uttered expressions constituting the crimes mentioned in the first paragraph of these legal bases.

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