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The Spanish Government approves measures to strengthen the telematic control of aggressive men
  • Last year 47 women died in Spain, and this year there are already four deaths from male violence. The Spanish Ministry of the Interior has adopted a series of measures with the aim of protecting women from male assault, and it seems that the debate will continue, analyzing the legal resources to communicate the criminal background of the aggressors. The Office of the Prosecutor calls for further protection measures.
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On Tuesday and Wednesday, the ministry run by Fernando Grande-Marlaska has gathered police forces, including the Ertzaintza and the Foral Police. They accept "in some cases" the placement of telematic bracelets to aggressors, although not requested by the victims, to control women's distancing. These cases would be when prosecutors assess that the lady is at a medium, high or extreme risk level. Berria has reported that 43% of the women killed last year had already reported, but less than a third of them had some protection measure.

The meeting welcomed the updating of the formulas to assess the dangerousness of the aggressors. The Prosecutor of the Violence against Women Chamber, Teresa Peramato, believes that the current data systems "are not enough", and that the measures recently adopted by the Ministry of the Interior also do not guarantee sufficient resources.

Criminal background protection in the debate

Another point of debate has been to make known the background of the aggressors that can serve to protect women. In 40 percent of the women's murders last year, the man had a criminal record. In the end they have not changed this decision, but they have announced that they will continue to debate. The tax peramate itself did not see with good eyes that the background was widespread, claiming to violate the data protection law.

For his part, the lawyer of the Asociación Clara Campoamor, José Miguel Fernández López de Uralde, in an interview offered in the Basque Radio, has aligned the balance to the other side: "Criminal records are public, not personal data. Women's right to life is ahead," he explains on Wednesday.