Amnesty retter hard kritikk mot spansk politi og hevder at tortur og mishanling er utbredt og systematisk.

«In Spain, torture and mistreatment of detained people by officers responsible for making sure the law is obeyed is a widespread and persistent practice,» Amnesty said.

Amnesty sier det ikke bare dreier seg om enkelttilfeller. Anklagen er pinlig for den sosialdemokratiske regjeringen.

«Up to now, the official attitude, from ministries to prosecutors and judges, is that there are only isolated cases. Our investigations show this is not so,» said Esteban Beltran, the director of Amnesty’s branch in Spain.

There have been allegations in the past of torture and mistreatment by Spanish police toward jailed members of armed Basque separatist group ETA, but London-based Amnesty said abuse occurs with all types of suspects.

Amnesty vil at det monteres overvåkningskamera på stasjonene. De vil ha oppnevnt uavhengige instanser som kan behandle klagesaker.

Amnesty: Torture in Spain ‘widespread’