Overview

• The Asociación de Personas con Acondroplasia y Otras Displasias Esqueléticas (ADEE) filed a public and legal complaint on July 14, alleging that Yamal hired persons with dwarfism as entertainment in violation of human dignity protections.
• Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights has asked the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Defensor del Pueblo and the Office for Hate Crimes to probe possible breaches of Article 18 of Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2013.
• Under Article 18, which bans using disability to provoke mockery or ridicule, proposed reforms would classify such acts as serious infractions with fines from €600,000 to €1 million.
• Yamal has posted video clips and photos from the no‐filming, 200-guest party on social media but has not directly addressed the allegations.
• Several entertainers with dwarfism who worked the event say they were treated respectfully under legal contracts and reject claims of exploitation or humiliation.