Belated apologies. (Spain).People persecuted for homosexuality during the Franco regime in Spain will have their records erased e·rase tr.v. e·rased, e·ras·ing, e·ras·es 1. a. To remove (something written, for example) by rubbing, wiping, or scraping. b. from police files and will likely receive reparations reparations, payments or other compensation offered as an indemnity for loss or damage. Although the term is used to cover payments made to Holocaust survivors and to Japanese Americans interned during World War II in so-called relocation camps (and used as well to thanks to a December ruling by the Spanish parliament. Thousands of people, mostly men, were accused of homosexuality and jailed, put in camps, or confined con·fine v. con·fined, con·fin·ing, con·fines v.tr. 1. To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand. See Synonyms at limit. to mental institutions under Franco's dictatorship, which lasted for almost 40 years. Accused homosexuals were one of the few groups who did not benefit from pardons granted after Franco's death in 1975. Pedro Zerolo Pedro González Zerolo (Born 1960 in Caracas) is a Spanish lawyer and politician, currently a town councilman of the city of Madrid, and a member of the Federal Executive Committee of the PSOE where he holds the position of Secretary for Social Movements and Relations with NGOs. , the president of Spain's State Federation of Lesbians and Gays, hailed the decision as a "great step." |
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