https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2011/04/29/a-farcical-human-rights-award-for-spanish-judge-baltasar-garzon-and-yet-another-disgrace-for-nyu/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 10:03:46 -0400<![CDATA[You may not be familiar with the name of the Spanish Judge, Baltasar Garzón, but he is about to receive in mid-May the first “Alba-Puffin Human Rights Award” of $100,000.00, from the Puffin Foundation and the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade archives, now housed- of course- at New York University.  Judge Garzón is being awarded this honor for two reasons- his effort to investigate human rights abuses  by the old Franco dictatorship that took place from the date of his victory in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930’s until the demise of his dictatorship in recent times. Second, he is being honored for his arrest while in Spain  in 1998 of the late Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet, whom he tried to have permanently detained in put on trial there for his crimes against the Chilean people after the overthrow of the Allende government in the 1970’s.]]>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:46:40 -0400<![CDATA[Ron Radosh]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-radosh/2011/04/29/a-farcical-human-rights-award-for-spanish-judge-baltasar-garzon-and-yet-another-disgrace-for-nyu-n183719