Background

In Tafzi El Hadri and El Idrissi Mouch v Spain 7557/23 [2026] ECHR 4, the applicants were working in 2011 as “social educators” at the C.V. residential centre for minors in Barcelona, which was run by a private foundation. The residents at the centre included 26 boys from Maghreb, Morocco. An article in ABC, one of the best-selling Spanish newspapers, alleged that such centres, including the C.V. residential centre, fostered Islamist radicalisation – and it named specific educators, including El Idrissi Mouch [6]. The article included a centre-page summary, as follows:

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