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ISSUE NO. 1470
5 - 11 SEPTEMBER 2013
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Discrimination order is ‘illegal and racist’ GUARDIA CIVIL officers in Calvia have complained that they have been ordered to treat African detainees differently. The United Guardia Civil Association (AUGC) has claimed that the Lieutenant
Commander of the Calvia station has banned officers from keeping records or alerting relatives of black people who are arrested. Instead, they have orders to read them their rights and call the Investigation Area Chief, regardless of their nationality or why they have been arrested. If the arrest takes place in the early hours, the call to the police chief should wait until 8am. AUGC has said this is
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Standing room THE Department of Traffic in Mallorca has announced that bus passengers can stand up on trips of less than 35 kilometres and at speeds of less than 80kph.
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against the law, illegal, racist and xenophobic and goes against their human rights, as well as leading to
serious consequences for the officers if they fail to obey the orders of their superiors.
RETAIL sales in Mallorca were up by €17.8 million this July compared to last year, according to the National Institute of Statistics.