The former head of the National Police, accused of sexual assault by a female officer, vehemently denies the allegations. "I was able to prove my innocence," José Ángel González told reporters as he left the courthouse. González, who had been the Deputy Director of Operations (DAO) of the Spanish police since August 2018—resigning when he was summoned to testify and the complaint became public—accused the officer of "malice, meanness, and hatred," and reproached him for having "ruined my personal, family, and professional life." The complainant's lawyer, Jorge Piedrafita, recounted that during his testimony before the judge, the former DAO accused the victim of having "stunted a trap" and called her "envious, hysterical, and crazy." Legal sources added to ARA that, regarding the alleged incident, González justified his actions by saying that while she was telling him no, he was making gestures indicating yes. He also maintained that they only kissed and hugged, and asserted that she consented to what they were doing and that he never ordered her to do anything. Furthermore, he framed the sexual encounter as a "game."

The 60-year-old man arrested this morning for starting a fire last night in a building in Miranda de Ebro (Burgos) that killed his ex-partner, her mother, and a neighbor was convicted of kidnapping and torturing women, according to police and judicial sources who spoke to EFE. The deceased are a 78-year-old woman, a 58-year-old woman, and a 23-year-old woman. Four other people were injured, including an 11-year-old boy and a seven-year-old girl. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska confirmed that this is another case of gender-based violence and stated that both the killer, who turned himself in to the police after the three murders, and his ex-partner, Dolores, 58, had been in the system (which protects victims of domestic violence) but for relationships with other people. The aggressor's case occurred in 2007 and the woman's in 2008, meaning both were currently inactive.

“Everyone looked at me as if it were my fault, as if I had provoked it. They looked at me with horror, with disgust, with guilt, as if I were the worst person in the world. I felt panicked because I thought I had done something wrong, but I didn't understand what wrong I had done.” This is how Keilyn Andrea González, a young Honduran woman, explains how she felt after suffering sexual abuse at age 11. She forgot it, she blocked it out. It wasn't until many years later that the sexual violence resurfaced, and with it, the need for redress. A need she transformed into a public cry: “I wasn't to blame for what happened to me.”

New attempt by the European Parliament to include the concept of consent in the EU's directive on gender-based violence. The European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties and Women's Rights has approved, by 75 votes in favor, 27 against, and three abstentions, a report advocating for a legal reform that, in practice, would largely extend the Spanish law of only yes means yes throughout the European Union.

Another femicide in the region. A man was arrested Friday night in the town of Sarriguren, Navarre, accused of murdering his wife with a knife and seriously injuring his own mother, according to sources close to the investigation who spoke to the EFE news agency. The judge in charge of the case has sealed the proceedings, so no further details of the incident are currently available. The President of the Government of Navarre, María Chivite, has condemned the crime. "Another murder; another woman whose life has been taken, this time in Navarre. There must be no division here. My strongest condemnation; my condolences to her family," she expressed on her social media profile.

A man murdered his 10-year-old son early this morning in the municipality of Arona, in southern Tenerife, and left his partner and the child's mother critically injured. According to the EFE news agency, the Civil Guard shot and killed the man after he threatened officers with a machete. The 26-year-old woman remains hospitalized on the Canary Island. Sources from the Civil Guard, cited by the same agency, explained that the crime occurred around 1:00 a.m. at a home in the town of Cabo Blanco. Neighbors alerted the Civil Guard to a disturbance at the residence. When officers arrived, they found the boy's body and the woman with injuries to her limbs. The attacker, 35, was carrying a large machete, which he used to stab the child and his mother, and was shot dead after resisting arrest. In fact, he even injured a Civil Guard officer, though the officer's condition is not life-threatening.

In April 2024, a family in San José de la Vega, Murcia, reported the disappearance of a 36-year-old woman. There had been no news of her until this Wednesday when the National Police arrested a 50-year-old man. He was the missing woman's partner and had held her captive for almost two years. The man held the victim captive and assaulted her for months until she managed to escape and report the situation. The victim is a 38-year-old Moroccan woman who has injuries on various parts of her body as a result of the assaults she allegedly suffered over several months. The arrested man, the victim's partner, is a Spanish national accused of gender-based violence and unlawful detention. In addition to the victim's partner, the police also arrested three other men as alleged accomplices, as they were reportedly aware of the kidnapping and failed to report it.

In Russia, it is estimated that at least 1,200 women are murdered each year by their partners or ex-partners, but the figure could be much higher because the government conceals its statistics. Vladimir Putin's conservative revolution, the defense of traditional values, and the alliance with the Russian Orthodox Church have led to the decriminalization of gender-based violence. Now, in addition, pressure from the authorities has forced the closure of Nasiliu.net (No to Violence), the country's leading organization for women victims of abuse.

The new location bracelets used to monitor restraining orders for sexual and gender-based violence will have longer battery life, and the SIM card cannot be removed from the phones associated with them, which are worn by both victims and perpetrators. The contract with the joint venture of Vodafone and Securitas, which currently manages these devices, will end in early May, and this Tuesday the Council of Ministers authorized the hiring of a new service. The Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, explained that the new devices will have longer battery life and will be attached to the ankle, as is already the case with all those used in Catalan prisons. The new contract will have an initial duration of 36 months and an initial budget of 71 million euros. This figure could reach 111 million euros if the two annual extensions that are possible are activated. This new contract will also increase the number of devices in stock, allowing for replacements in "record time, a maximum of 24 hours," for those experiencing any malfunction.

The Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) have arrested a 22-year-old man in Barcelona as the suspected perpetrator of the stabbing death of a woman on Thursday in a bar in Hospitalet de Llobregat, according to reports. The Case The Catalan police have confirmed that the woman's body was found yesterday, Thursday, inside a squat, and authorities are awaiting the results of the investigation to determine whether or not it was a case of gender-based violence. According to a statement released by the Catalan police, they received a call at 7:00 PM from someone reporting an argument inside the premises. When officers arrived, they found the deceased woman with signs of violence. The premises are owned by an investment fund and have been occupied since October 2023, according to municipal sources. The L'Hospitalet City Council has an open urban planning enforcement case and has maintained police pressure over the years, identifying people entering and leaving the property. At one point, as many as 40 people lived there, but now there are far fewer.

In December 2022 the ARA uncovered the allegations for sexual abuse against tenor Albert Deprius. Some cases had passed the statute of limitations, but two continued: one is awaiting trial, scheduled for December 2026; the second is in the Ninth Section of the Barcelona Provincial Court, awaiting a trial date. This second case involves a complaint of sexual assault against a minor between 2010 and 2014, when the girl was 14 years old and he was approaching 40. He was her teacher and the director of her school. As time has passed, and while the legal proceedings have progressed slowly, Deprius has resumed his activities and is once again conducting the Armonía Alta Segarra Choir and Symphony Orchestra. This past Sunday, January 18, he rented the Pineda de Mar Auditorium, and victims and feminist groups have expressed their discontent and rejection, which they have conveyed to the Maresme Town Council.

The National Police are investigating the death of a 78-year-old woman in Badajoz as another case of gender-based violence. She was beaten by her 81-year-old husband. The man has been arrested and is currently in pretrial detention, accused of murder. According to sources close to the investigation, there are no prior reports of domestic violence filed by the victim against the man, a very common situation: only one in three women murdered by their partner or ex-partner had filed a report of gender-based violence, according to the latest report published by the Judiciary. As a result of the beating, the victim had been hospitalized in Badajoz since last Friday and died yesterday afternoon in the same hospital. "We will not normalize this horror and we will continue to dedicate all state resources, legislative, educational... to protect women and eradicate this painful and outrageous violence," said the government spokesperson, Elma Saiz, at the weekly press conference following the council of ministers.

A 25-year-old man has become the focus of much of the attention of the police in recent hours, who are searching for him everywhere. for brutally assaulting his partner and his mother-in-law in CalellaIn the Maresme region, there is currently no clear trace of where he went or where he is hiding after allegedly leaving the 20-year-old woman brain dead and her mother seriously injured – who is now hospitalized in critical condition. The incident occurred this Thursday at midday at the victims' home.

The Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) arrested a man on Wednesday at midday in connection with the violent death of his mother in El Vendrell (Baix Penedès). At 1:40 p.m., the Catalan police were notified that a woman's body had been found. at her home. Officers traveled to the scene with paramedics from the Medical Emergency System (SEM), who confirmed the woman's death. At the same address, the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) located a 37-year-old man, the victim's son, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the events. Agents from the DIC (Criminal Investigation Division) of the Camp de Tarragona Police Region are investigating the woman's death as a case of domestic violence. The investigation has been sealed. Eleven femicides

If the police theory is confirmed, the murder in El Vendrell will be the eleventh femicide in Catalonia since the beginning of the year, comprising ten women murdered due to gender-based violence and one related femicide. Since official data collection began in 2012, there have been 158 femicides in Catalonia, of which 148 were women and 10 were children and young people murdered in the context of gender-based violence. The number of children orphaned by gender-based violence is 11 in 2025 and more than one hundred in the last decade.

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The writer Jane Lazarre, one of the first to write about the ambivalence of motherhoodShe stated: "I firmly believe that stories of motherhood, of any kind and stage, must be explained if we are to make our way between idealization and demonization."

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It can take up to three months for a victim of sexual violence in Barcelona to receive specialized care or treatment after seeking help. This is an "excessive" amount of time, emphasizes David Bondia, the Barcelona Ombudsman, in his report analyzing the workings of the specialized service system for supporting female survivors. The report, presented this Tuesday at the institution's headquarters, concludes that the services are not adequately sized to meet the needs of the victims.steady increase in sexual assaults recorded every year "This increase in complaints has overwhelmed the system in the city of Barcelona," Bondia admitted during her speech, in which she called for more resources and more staff to cope. But, in addition, this system is better prepared—or better suited—to assist recent victims of violence than to assist the majority of users: those who seek help months or even years after the assault occurred. The distrust in the system, fear of the aggressor The fear of not being believed, the normalization of aggression, or shame are factors that explain why Less than 10% of survivors report the assaults

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Someone left the body in that ravine between eight and ten in the morning. That's the two-hour window between two neighbors passing by that spot. The first saw nothing; the second discovered the lifeless body of a 39-year-old woman. The crime scene is Riudecanyes, in the Baix Camp region. The date of the events is September 8, 2025. However, initially it didn't appear to be a homicide: everything pointed to suicide.

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The Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) have arrested a 46-year-old man as the suspected perpetrator of the murder of his partner in Hospitalet de Llobregat, according to the Catalan police. The alleged gender-based crime occurred early this morning in the apartment where they both lived, specifically on Santa Eulàlia Street, as reported by the police. The NewspaperAround 6:30 a.m., the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) were alerted to a fight inside a home. Both police and paramedics were dispatched to the scene. Upon arrival, they found the woman's lifeless body, bearing signs of violence. The man, the victim's partner, was arrested near the scene, according to a statement from the Mossos. Sources close to the victim, quoted by the Catalan News Agency (ACN), explained that the woman was of Colombian origin and had been living in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat for two years. They also stated that the apartment, where she lived with her alleged murderer, was shared with two other women. According to the agency, there was no prior criminal record between the couple. The woman has three daughters.

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Walking through Barcelona, ​​I read an official announcement on the tram. It said: "If it looks like gender-based violence, it is gender-based violence."

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A third femicide in three days in Spain. A 39-year-old woman was murdered this Wednesday in Torrijos (Toledo) by a 45-year-old man. According to the EFE news agency, the woman was inside her home with two children when the man attacked her with a knife, inflicting several wounds to her abdomen. The man, who was also injured, was taken to the hospital, where the Civil Guard, which is investigating the case as suspected gender-based violence, arrested him. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska indicated that this crime could be another case of gender-based violence in Spain and explained that neither the victim nor the aggressor were registered in the Viogen System. If confirmed, this would bring the number of victims of gender-based violence in Spain this year to 43. Three of these murders have occurred this week alone. Since 2003, when statistics began being kept, 1,338 women have died at the hands of their partner or ex-partner in Spain. December is proving to be a particularly critical month, with the Toledo case marking the third femicide in three days. On Tuesday night, a 29-year-old woman was murdered in Alicante. Her body bore stab wounds, and in the same apartment was the body of her partner, a 34-year-old man, who had committed suicide. According to EFE, the victim had a minor daughter and was separating from the man who murdered her. There were no prior reports of domestic violence in this case either. The day before, the death of a 45-year-old woman in Torrejón (Madrid), also at the hands of her partner, had come to light. In this case as well, the man committed suicide by jumping from the balcony after stabbing the woman multiple times, including once in the neck. In this case, the woman was indeed within the comprehensive monitoring system for gender-based violence cases after a witness reported and documented the abuse against her in 2021. However, she refused to file a complaint against her husband or give a statement.

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