Spain: New law: protesting may mean 2y in prison

[auroraglacialis]

In face of the financial crisis and the accompanying crackdown on resistance movements, Spain is drifting more into the police state mentality (some even call "fascism"):

Spain accused of 'draconian' plans to clamp down on protests - Telegraph

Jorge Fernandez Diaz, the Spanish interior minister announced in Congress on Wednesday that a reform of the penal code was planned to criminalise those involved in organising street protests that "seriously disturb the public peace".

[I]t has raised fears that the new measures could be used to stem the wave of protests that began last summer with the birth of what has been dubbed the "indignado movement", when tens ouf thousands of peaceful protesters camped out in squares across Spain.

Protest groups were quick to draw comparisons to the fascist dictatorship of Gen Grancisco Franco.
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[H]e also said that the measures would extend authorities powers to deal with passive resistance as contempt of court.

The measures will make it "an offence to breach authority using mass active or passive resistance against security forces and to include as a crime of assault any threatening or intimidating behaviour," he said in Congress.

In addition attempts to disrupt public services such as transportation would also be made a crime. During the recent general strike picketers blockaded bus and train stations in an attempt to bring transportation to a halt.

So it will be potentially illegal to do simple nonviolent actions like blocking a road to a company that is doing harm, sitting in front of trucks or therelike. Even traditional activities during strikes may be illegal. And just trying to organize such things with social networking will be illegal, as I understand this - which means that the police will increase gathering data about people in the internet.