>> it is a big case because judge baltazar garzon, in his second trial in as many weeks is cutsed of looking into spain's history and alleged human rights abuses under general francisco franco and during the civil war. spain has struggled to grapple with whether it should investigate its past. it has only been a democracy just over 30 years. when franco died in 1975 they brought in an amnesty for all the crimes that could have been committed on both sides by the dictatorship and republic forces. but you only had to see the crowds in support of the judge to see what a big moment this is for the relatives of thousands of people who disappeared under the regime of frank can he. other side there are people had think it would be terrible to look into the dictatorship and what happened back then. so it is a big issue and one that is being followed by international human rights lawyers. amnesty international and human rights at a press conference they held here, they believe this is the first time in a consolidated democracy, a well established democracy a judge is going on trial for invest