Spain: Government Encourages Citizens To Inform On Neighbors, Family Members That Violate LGBT Privileges Law

CATALONIA, Spain – The Catalonian government, ruled by the pro-independence coalition Junts pel Si, has run advertisements on TV3, a major network, to encourage citizens to anonymously inform on one another when they violate an LGBT privileges law enacted in 2014. The law, approved by then-president Artur Mas in 2014, is called the 'Law to Eradicate Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia.' The law is peculiar with respect to the body of Western legal tradition in that it reverses the burden of proof: It is the defendant (in this case, anonymously betrayed via telephone) who must prove his innocence. The accused is considered guilty until innocence is demonstrated. -- More...