Baltasar Garzon is a Spanish judge who famously indicted late Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet. He went on trial at the supreme court in Madrid charged with the illegally approval of police to bug the conversations of lawyers with clients. The judge was accused of overstepping his authority by ordering the recording of prison conversations between three defendants and their lawyers. He denied wrongdoing and said he had always sought to protect detainees' right to a fair defence.
Further, in a second case opening on 24 January, he is charged with exceeding his powers by ordering an investigation into the disappearance of tens of thousands of people during the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War and under Franco's dictatorship.
Gaspar Llamazares, an MP for the United Left party, told AFP news agency that Mr Garzon was being persecuted for this work to expose the crimes of the Franco era. 68-year-old Angel Fernandez who is another protester said: "I don't know the law, but I can see there is an injustice. I can see there is absolute decomposition and that they are not judging those who should be judged."
It is a person that judges a crime and it is very difficult to judge without inserting personal feelings. A judge is important position and rank which determine people's lifetime, therefore I should face in an always fair and calm feeling.
By Tom Burridge
BBC News
Published: 17 January 2012 Last updated at 18:00 GMT
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