Arturo Alonso
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Arturo Alonso is a Spanish human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...

 activist.
He was the first man in joint custody
Joint custody
Joint custody is a court order whereby custody of a child is awarded to both parties. In joint custody both parents are custodial parents and neither parent is a non-custodial parent, or, in other words, the child has two custodial parents. In the United States, many states recognize two forms of...

 in Spain.Citation: "Court of Justice Number 10 of Family in Granada- Spain - 9 de Sep, 2003 " He started a crusade against judges and politicians to achieve equality of rights between men and women after separation or divorce. Although Arturo Alonso is of Sephardic origin he is supported by Opus Dei
Opus Dei
Opus Dei, formally known as The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei , is an organization of the Catholic Church that teaches that everyone is called to holiness and that ordinary life is a path to sanctity. The majority of its membership are lay people, with secular priests under the...

 which pressured the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...

 to support joint custody.

Biography

Arturo Alonso was born on September 18, 1972 in the city of Granada, son of Francis, a bank employee of Castilian origin and son of Estrella Crypto-jewish or Crypto-Judaism
Crypto-Judaism
Crypto-Judaism is the secret adherence to Judaism while publicly professing to be of another faith; practitioners are referred to as "crypto-Jews"...

  descent.

He lived during the first ten years of his life in the city of Motril
Motril
Motril is a town and municipality on the Mediterranean coast in the province of Granada, Spain.Motril is the second largest town in the province, with a population of 59,163 as of 2008...

. His childhood was marked by the social climate surrounding then Spain of Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...

. His father forced him to attend a government school where he was beaten each to be compelled to recite the Catholic rite. But far from breaking their spirit. Arturo Alonso at the age of 6 years in its first manifestation screaming in the front line to ask for a new school because hi is studying at the offices of an abandoned sugar factory. References News Paper Ideal - Granada
Granada
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...


With a child by an iron oppressive father and the influence of his paternal grandfather a former commissioner of Francisco Franco. Arturo Alonso tube disclosed to continue the tradition of his mother's family and follow the values of Judaism. Rejecting the oppression of the paternal family.

This last season scored in a spirit of struggle for those who are assaulted or mistreated in an unfair manner
At the age of 21, Arturo Alonso is a well known businessman, and in turn an artist with recognition of the best artists of the School of Arts. But while success marks a promising future. Arturo Alonso tired of a life without humanitarian targets, leaving everything to the age of 23 and goes to the Alpujarras
Alpujarras
thumb|250px|A typical Alpujarran village, [[Busquístar]].La Alpujarra is a landlocked historical region in Southern Spain, which stretches south from the Sierra Nevada mountains near Granada in the autonomous community of Andalusia. The western part of the region lies in the province of Granada...

, a spiritual center for a retreat for two years. In this center, life is marked by spiritual thoughts and ideas of other people, particularly eastern strengthening their faith a little and planning their future. At the age of 25 leaves the spiritual center and is dedicated to fighting for environmental issues until the time he had his first child. Some time later he met the members of associations fighting for the Joint custody
Joint custody
Joint custody is a court order whereby custody of a child is awarded to both parties. In joint custody both parents are custodial parents and neither parent is a non-custodial parent, or, in other words, the child has two custodial parents. In the United States, many states recognize two forms of...

and then decided to devote himself exclusively to human rights issues

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