14 May 2010

SPAIN: Controversial Judge Garzon Suspended.

GUARDIAN.   UK/       Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón was suspended from his post as an investigating magistrate at Madrid's national court by a higher council of judicial power. The suspension was expected but still shocked leftwing Spaniards. They see it as a political and professional vendetta against the controversial magistrate. "This stinks of shameful revenge," wrote Juan Cruz on his blog.