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Spanish doctor stands trial over Franco-era 'stolen babies'
Updated On: 27 June, 2018 07:46 AM IST | Madrid | Agencies
Demonstrators protested outside the court as Eduardo Vela, who worked as a gynaecologist at the now-defunct San Ramu00c3u0083u00c2u00b3n clinic in Madrid, arrived in court
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Eduardo Vela is accused of taking Ines Madrigal (centre) from her biological mother in 1969, and giving her to another woman. Pic/AFP
The first trial in Spain over thousands of suspected cases of babies stolen from their mothers during the Franco era has opened in Madrid as an 85-year-old former doctor appeared in the dock.
Demonstrators protested outside the court as Eduardo Vela, who worked as a gynaecologist at the now-defunct San Ramón clinic in Madrid, arrived in court. Some carried signs saying "Justice!" and "Human rights for stolen babies".
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