Overview

• The ADEE alleges that Lamine Yamal’s 18th birthday celebration in Olivella featured performers with dwarfism hired exclusively for entertainment.
• The association announced plans to pursue legal and social actions to defend the dignity of people with disabilities and described the practice as intolerable.
• Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights has asked the Prosecutor’s Office, the Ombudsman and the National Office Against Hate Crimes to examine potential breaches of the General Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
• That law expressly prohibits shows or recreational activities that mock or denigrate individuals with disabilities under threat of legal sanction.
• Guests at the private event were reportedly asked to surrender smartphones to limit any documentation of the party.