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Government Approves Pardon for "Swiss Six"
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The pardon for "The Six from Switzerland" is approved, the six CNT union members sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
After yesterday the Council of Ministers gave the green light to the partial pardon of the six people convicted of harassing the owner of the business - five women and one man - the employer's family does not give up and will return the case to the courts. Specifically, they will file an appeal before the Supreme Court against the measure of grace granted. "The Government never has the last word, and yes our judges and magistrates members of the…
They were sentenced in 2021 to three and a half years in prison for a union protest to defend a partner. Along with them, the pardon of two other persons convicted, in their case for theft, is published.
A worker and five union members from Gijón went to prison in July 2025, convicted of organizing pickets and protests in front of the La Suiza pastry shop.
On Tuesday, the Council of Ministers finally approved the pardon of Las Six in Switzerland, sentenced to three years and six months in prison: two years for an offence of obstruction of justice and 18 months for a crime of coercion. Women workers were currently serving the sentence in third degree. The measure, which has been taken from the department of Vice President Yolanda Díaz, will be partial since the law prohibits total pardons when ther…
"We still have a hard time believing this," says the Swiss 6th, among which is a lioness, regarding the partial pardon approved on Tuesday by the Council of Ministers and Ministers after a nine-year process. Read more
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