politics
Spain pardons 'Les sis de La Suiza'
The Spanish government has pardoned six CNT activists convicted for defending a colleague in a harassment case, with Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz framing the move as a defence of workers rights.
Mar 31st 2026 · Spain
Insights
- The Council of Ministers approved a pardon for the six CNT unionists known as Les sis de La Suiza.
- They were sentenced last summer to three and a half years in prison for defending a colleague in a sexual and workplace harassment case.
- The group includes five women and one man.
- Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz said the government supports the rights to strike, mobilize and organise and called the pardon the removal of an unjust burden.
Sources
- Quiénes son 'Las Seis de la Suiza', las sindicalistas a las que el gobierno ha concedido el idulto www.20minutos.es
- Vox critica el indulto "puramente ideológico" del Gobierno a 'Las seis de la Suiza' www.europapress.es
- ‘Les sis de La Suiza’ reben l’indult del Consell de Ministres www.elpuntavui.cat
- El grupo de apoyo a 'Las Seis de La Suiza', tras el indulto: "La lucha no acaba aquí" www.eldiario.es