Dangerous Precedent? Spanish Court Rules in FAVOR of Man’s ‘Right’ to Walk the Streets NAKED

05 February 2023 | By Richard Ahern — A Spanish high court has ruled in favor of a man’s right to walk naked in the streets. The high court reversed the fines and struck down an appeal against a lower court decision that also ruled in the man’s favor.

Alejandro Colomar, 29, was initially fined for walking naked in the streets of Aldaia in the region of Valencia. However, Spain does not have specific laws against nudity, and essentially it is classed as one of your rights. Public nudity was decriminalized in 1988, along with blasphemy — before then, Spaniards faced up to six months in prison for “offending modesty and good customs with acts of grave scandal.”

Even so, there are exceptions in the current law, and some areas have implemented local laws to control nudity, but Aldaia is not one of them.

The exception that landed Alejandro Colomar in hot water was related to nudity that caused a “public disturbance” or disruption to “tranquility,” which is against the law. If the nudity is obscene or implies sexual intent, that would qualify as a disturbance or a threat to the public.

Colomar argued against that, saying sexual intent was “nothing to do with” what he was doing, and therefore the fines breached his right to ideological freedom. When interviewed, he said he generally receives positive responses from the public when walking, or sometimes cycling, naked — except one time when he was threatened with a knife!