Menorca ‘M*ta un guiri’ shirts spark hate crime probe

Four women on Menorca, Spain, face a suspected hate crime investigation over T-shirts bearing the slogan ‘M*ta un guiri, allibera una casa’. Spanish National Police reported the four Arran Menorca activists, who were summoned to give evidence at the courts in Maó in August. Arran made the complaint public on Thursday, 29 October 2026, after prosecutors rejected its appeal against the decision to open legal proceedings.

Arran says the investigation is disproportionate and the slogan is satire, not a crime. The group says it meant the words as a warning about what it sees as a troubling situation on Menorca.

According to Arran, the police report treats the slogan as an attack on a vulnerable group. Arran argues that Article 510 of Spain’s Criminal Code is intended to protect minorities from racism, homophobia and xenophobia, not people with rental income or luxury consumers.

The platform Menys turisme, més vida has backed Arran. It said on X that tourists are not a vulnerable group and that opposing tourism development is not a crime. The appeal has failed, leaving the legal proceedings against the four women in place.

Topics: Police · Court cases

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com