28 posts during 2020 - Present: Impasse in the independence movement
15 January 2020
The Constitutional Court finally rejects the appeal that Carles Puigdemont, Jordi Turull, Jordi Sànchez and the rest of the JxCat members ofParliament had brought against […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsPrison regimeRight to political representation15 January 2020
The Constitutional Court rejects the appeals presented by Jordi Sànchez and Carme Forcadell (dismissed on 15 January), Raül Romeva (dismissed on 13 February), and Jordi […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtPrison regimeRight to political representation16 January 2020
Lledoners prison grants a first prison leave to Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart, the leaders of the 1 October referendum who have been in in […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime6 February 2020
Lledoners prison approves the application of the flexible penitentiary regime, provided for in Article 100.2 of the Penitentiary Regulations, to Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart. […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime7 February 2020
On 28 January it dismissed Oriol Junqueras’s appeal against the decision of Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of the […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtPrison regimeRight to political representation9 February 2020
Jordi Sànchez, Jordi Turull, Joaquim Forn i Josep Rull had started a hunger strike to protest against the blocking, since this prevented them to resort […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtPrison regime11 February 2020
The Constitutional Court finally rejects the appeal that Carles Puigdemont and the other JxCat members of Parliament had presented against the refusal of Pablo Llarena, […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtPrison regimeRight to political representation31 March 2020
The Supreme Court issues a press release stating that if the Treatment Boards of the prisons where the 1 October prisoners are being held allow […]
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Politicisation of justicePrison regime6 May 2020
The court accepts for consideration the appeal against the Supreme Court ruling presented by Turull, Bassa, Rull, Forn, Forcadell, Sànchez, Cuixart, Borràs and Mundó. The […]
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Prison regimeRight to a fair trial30 June 2020
The young men Ibrahim Afkir and Charaf Fadlaoui are charged with the alleged crimes of public disturbance, attacking authority, injuries and causing damages, as a […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regimeRights to free expression and assembly2 July 2020
The Court has released, pending sentencing, the young men Ibrahim Afkir and Charaf Fadlaoui who were being held in Puig de les Basses, accused of […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime2 July 2020
The Supreme Court sentenced them to between 8 and a half years and 9 and a half years in prison for the crimes of causinginjury, […]
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Politicisation of justicePrison regime14 July 2020
Following the proposal by the Lledoners Penitentiary Centre, the Catalan Government approves the third degree status for the political prisoners held there (Sànchez, Cuixart, Junqueras, […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime22 July 2020
The decision will not have an immediate effect on Forcadell, as she already benefits from the third degree status of detention (day-release privileges), which already […]
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Prison regime18 September 2020
The Second Examining Magistrate’s Court of Sabadell admits the accusation of Jordi Ros, member of the CDR detained within the framework of Operation Judas, against […]
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Prison regimeRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly4 December 2020
The Court considers that the granting of the third degree status to the prisoners of the 1 October case is premature. Bassa and Forcadell, who, […]
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Prison regime28 January 2021
The Catalan Government has once again agreed to grant the third degree status to the prisoners in the 1 October referendum case. The third degree […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime16 February 2021
Hundreds of demonstrations in protest against the arrest of Hasél are called throughout the country. The demonstrations took place in Barcelona, Lleida, Tarragona and a […]
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Prison regimeRights to free expression and assembly31 March 2021
The Mossos d’Esquadra arrest two young men from Lleida for protesting against the incarceration of Pablo Hasél in February, claiming that they attacked two policemen […]
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Prison regimeRights to free expression and assembly12 November 2021
The Urban Guard in Barcelona arrested Charles Andrew Pittman in the course of 18 October 2019 general strike, while he was near a demonstration, looking […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regimeRights to free expression and assembly16 February 2022
A protester accepts this conviction for crimes of attacking the authority and public disturbance, in addition to a penalty of disqualification from the right to […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regimeRights to free expression and assembly29 March 2022
David Solé was arrested in Barcelona on 15 October 2019 during the protests that followed the sentence of 1 October, along with three other youths. […]
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Politicisation of justicePrison regimeRights to free expression and assembly5 April 2022
The accused are Francesc Colomines and a citizen of Arenys de Munt, whom the Prosecutor’s Office requests a sentence of 14 years and 7 years […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime5 May 2022
The Prosecutor’s Office accuses her of a crime of public disturbance and requests a sentence of two years in prison for her participation in the […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regimeRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly7 May 2022
The Provincial Court of Girona acquits Robert Llach, a young man from Girona who was arrested during the protests against the sentence of the 1 […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regimeRights to free expression and assembly22 June 2022
The Provincial Court of Barcelona sentences William Aitken, a Scottish resident in Barcelona, to 5 years and 1 month in prison for committing crimes of […]
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Prison regimeRights to free expression and assembly8 February 2023
Special Rapporteurs on on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, freedom of expression and opinion, on the independence of judges and lawyers, on the […]
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Politicisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly17 March 2023
The sentence, that was initially a sentence of 9 months for the crimes of glorification of terrorism and slander of the Crown and State Security […]
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Prison regimeRights to free expression and assembly