The Barcelona Prosecutor's Office has launched a specialized vulnerability unit, the first of its kind in Spain. Five prosecutors will handle cases where the victims are minors or vulnerable for other reasons, interpreting this concept broadly: they will address cases affecting children, the elderly, or people with disabilities, but also those involving "situational vulnerability," such as power imbalances or victims of serious crimes like sexual assault. The focus will be on preventing the revictimization of those affected.

A man and a woman sit in the Roche café, on the corner of two residential streets in Córdoba. He drinks a coffee and she drinks a glass of milk, finishing off the crumbs of two pastries they've already eaten. They barely speak. Both stare out at the street through a large window. Outside, it's dark, and hardly any cars pass by. Their gazes are completely lost. Her name is Blanca, and his is José, and they recently learned that a relative died in the collision between two high-speed trains in Adamuz, in the province of Córdoba.

"It has been a complex, arduous, tough, and long negotiation, but we have reached the point we wanted, and we are more than satisfied." This is how the Spanish Minister of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños, described the negotiations with the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE) and the Spanish Conference of Religious to reach an agreement for the "reparation and recognition" of victims of abuse within the Church. "Today, an indisputable step has been taken that brings justice," the minister emphasized during the presentation of the agreement's details this Thursday morning. Bolaños explained that the pact "meets all the requirements set forth by the Ombudsman" and establishes a joint system, between the State and the Church, to define how these compensations should be provided. Thus, a commission will be created to which victims can submit their requests for reparations, and these requests will be forwarded to a victims' unit, led by the Ombudsman, who will decide what reparations are appropriate in each case. "It can be economic, moral, psychological, or restorative reparation, or even all four at once," the minister explained. Once the compensation is defined, developed on a case-by-case basis, the proposal will be presented to both the victim and the Catholic Church, who will have to decide whether to accept it or not. If the parties agree, the proposal will be binding. Bolaños also emphasized that "of course" all reparations will be "paid for by the Catholic Church": "The State will not pay a single cent," he stressed. A prominent role for the Ombudsman

Conversely, if the Ombudsman's proposal does not satisfy either party, a new joint commission will be formed, which will also include victims' associations. This commission will work together to reach a consensus agreement that all parties consider fair. "If there is still no agreement in this second instance, then the Ombudsman's decision will prevail," the minister explained. "Thus, it is clear that the compensation will be decided by the State [the Ombudsman] and the Church will be the one to pay," he emphasized. Furthermore, the financial compensation will be tax-exempt, both for amounts agreed upon from now on and for those already received.

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The number of deaths in the fire that occurred this Wednesday in the Wang Fuk Court residential complex The death toll in Hong Kong has risen to 151, while approximately 40 people remain missing, according to official sources on Friday. The Secretary of State for Security of the semi-autonomous region, Chris Tang Ping-keung, told the media that 80 bodies have yet to be identified and did not rule out the possibility of finding more. Authorities have declared the rescue operations concluded.

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Rosa María Álvarez Gil lost her father during the devastating floods caused by the DANA storm. Speaking from Congress, she recounted the last phone call she had with him before he drowned. This occurred within the framework of the DANA investigation committee, which began this Tuesday with the appearance of representatives of victims of the torrential rains. Álvarez once again criticized Carlos Mazón's handling of the situation, the day after his resignation: "My father's death pains me today just as it did yesterday." However, she did acknowledge that his resignation represents "moral relief and a social victory," but called for the imprisonment of the head of the Valencian government: "Mazón in prison. We are closer."

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This Wednesday they will speak in the Congress of Deputies, in the commission investigating the causes of the DANA storm in the Valencian Community, but they have already had the opportunity to do so at the Ateneo de Madrid. Just hours after Carlos Mazón announced his resignation, the associations of relatives of victims of the natural disaster, accompanied by thirty civil society organizations, called a press conference to assess what they briefly consider an "infamous and painful statement," said Rosa Álvarez, president of the Association of Victims.

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The same week that Trump's congratulations to Jeffrey Epstein were made public, unleashing a wave of anger among some of his supporters, a ruling was also upheld requiring the US president to pay $83 million to journalist E. Jean Carroll, whom he sexually assaulted in 1996. On the latter point, regarding the sexual violence committed by Trump, the far right does not seem to have felt the need to comment. Those who condemn the president for his friendship with a pedophile, while dismissing the female witnesses who accuse him of sexual assault, are suffering from a peculiar case of selective outrage.

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Mireia Martínez was 22 years old on August 17, 2017, when her three-year-old brother Xavi was murdered on Barcelona's La Rambla. In recent years, she has decided to train as an emergency psychologist and has been with his father in activism for the rights of victims of terrorism. With him and other members, the month of May They presented the 17-A Association: We Want to Know the Truth.

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She arrives at Pla de l'Os in a wheelchair, gets up and walked with crutches until she can sit on one of the chairs. She is dressed in blue, wearing sunglasses, her hands are shaking and she cannot stop crying. Once she is seated, she is handed a framed photograph. It is her son's, Julian, one of those killed in the August 17, 2017 attack in Barcelona, when he was only seven years old. Her name is Jumaine but everyone calls her Jom. Her legs were left shattered by the attack and it wasn't until three days later that she found out Julian was gone. Hers is the most moving, the most terrible image of the tribute paid today to the victims of that attack. The victims lay flowers. Robert Manrique, a tireless fighter for the rights of victims of all terrorist attacks, has come along with his three grandchildren, Dominic and Andrea, four, and Ramses, two, and they too lay a flower. Jom can't stop crying, and everyone she meets tries to console her. It is impressive to think what must be going on inside those people who step on Miró's mural, right where the van that destroyed their lives stopped. Mental strength, integrity, dignity. I remember that in the memorial held on the first anniversary, in 2018, Xavi Martínez was present. He is the father of Xavi, the three-year-old boy who also died. This year he announced on social media that he would not attend. He does not agree with the political management of the attacks nor with the sentence regarding the involvement of the Ripoll jihadist cell. In fact, there is a large group of people who, on the fringes of the event, make their voices heard: "We want to know the truth!" they shout.

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