48 posts in 2022
19 January 2022
The Criminal Chamber of the National High Court allows Xavier Duch Palau, member of the CDR prosecuted in the framework of Operation Judas, access to […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly20 January 2022
The Central Electoral Board agrees to remove Pau Juvillà’s seat as a member of the Parliament of Catalonia. The member of CUP had been sentenced […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly26 January 2022
A Madrid court sentences to 1 year and 10 months in prison two of the ‘Madrid Six’ who demonstrated in Plaza del Sol in support […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly27 January 2022
The Barcelona Town Hall had awarded him the Medal in 1976, and approved its withdrawal in March 2017. Martín Villa appealed the withdrawal first to […]
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Politicisation of justice3 February 2022
The plenary session ratifies the decision regarding the seat of Juvillà (CUP) approved the day before by the Committee on the Statute of the MP. […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly8 February 2022
The association Impulso Ciudadano had filed an administrative appeal to order the removal of the pro-independence flag, which had been there for years instead of […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly17 February 2022
The Supreme Court rejects the precautionary suspension, requested by the Parliament of Catalonia, of the agreement of the Central Electoral Committee of 20 January, which […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly23 February 2022
The former president of the Catalan Government had filed an appeal for protection against the sentences that condemned him for disobedience on the understanding that […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly3 March 2022
The National High Court authorises that six Civil Guard agents who carried out the investigation provide statements as witnesses, following an appeal by the defences, […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly7 March 2022
The National Court sentences Albert Baiges to pay a fine of 720 euros for the crime of lèse majesté. Baiges had tweeted in 2020: ‘Seriously. […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly14 March 2022
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia issues an interlocutory order concluding the investigation against Laura Borràs and four other people. The Court considers it […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial17 March 2022
The Administrative Court no. 10 of Barcelona sanctions the mayor of Sant Cugat Mireia Ingla (ERC), after the court had previously forced her to take […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly18 March 2022
The Prosecutor’s Office requests these penalties on grounds that the accused committing a crime of public disturbance for allegedly moving two containers to form barricades […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly25 March 2022
The Supreme Court opens proceedings against the former Minister of Agriculture of the Government of Catalonia and member of ERC Meritxell Serret for charges of […]
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Politicisation of justice29 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 assembly29 March 2022
The Supreme Court sentences the three student activists to pay fines of up to 2,160 euros in cassation after the Provincial Court of Barcelona acquitted […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly4 April 2022
The representation of the minor who was run over by a Mossos d’Esquadra van during the protests against the sentence of 1 October filed an […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial11 April 2022
The events reportedly took place during the opening dinner of the Mobile World Congress at the Palau de la Música on 25 February 2018. The […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly18 April 2022
The research group of the University of Toronto CitizenLab and Ronan Farrow, a journalist from The New Yorker, publish two articles in which they expose […]
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Politicisation of justice19 April 2022
The Supreme Court opens an oral trial against the CUP member of the Parliament of Catalonia Eulàlia Reguant for an alleged crime of serious disobedience […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice29 April 2022
The Provincial Court of Barcelona had sentenced Marcel Vivet to five years in prison for committing crimes of public disturbance, attacking an officer of the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly4 May 2022
The pro-Spanish association ‘Asamblea por una Escuela Bilingüe’ (‘Assembly for Bilingual Schools’), an association with members who had been in the PP and Societat Civil […]
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Catalan languagePoliticisation of justice11 May 2022
The Sixth Criminal Court of Barcelona condemns former president Quim Torra for a crime of disobedience to a penalty of disqualification from public office for […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly8 June 2022
On February 22, the Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court had rejected all appeals filed against the granting of pardons to the leaders of the […]
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Politicisation of justice22 June 2022
Several organisations that advocate for the Catalan language, namely Òmnium, Plataforma per la Llengua, USTEC, Associació d’Estudiants en Defensa de l’Educació Pública and Fundació Catalunya […]
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Catalan languagePoliticisation of justice24 June 2022
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe approves a follow-up report to the resolution approved on 21 June 2021, in which it reviews whether […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice27 June 2022
The judge of the First Examining Magistrate’s Court of Barcelona Joaquín Aguirre, who is investigating the Volhov Case, summons the head of President Puigdemont’s office […]
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Politicisation of justice28 June 2022
Supreme Court magistrate Pablo de Lucas stepped aside after it was revealed that while the magistrate was resolving the appeals of Puigdemont, Comín, Ponsatí and […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial30 June 2022
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia accepts the request for recusal filed by the former first vicepresident of the Bureau of Parliament Josep Costa […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial30 June 2022
The Public Prosecutor had appealed the decision of Joaquín Aguirre, the judge of the First Examining Magistrate’s Court of Barcelona investigating the Volhov Operation, considering […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial1 July 2022
As a result of the interlocutory order of 4 May that demanded the enforcement of the sentence of 16 December 2020 imposing a minimum of […]
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Catalan languagePoliticisation of justice7 July 2022
On 14 April 2021, the Criminal Court no. 11 of Barcelona acquitted the five members of the Electoral Commission of the 1 October (Jordi Matas, […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice19 July 2022
The former CUP member of the Parliament of Catalonia, Anna Gabriel, who has been living in exile in Geneva for 4 years, appears before the […]
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Politicisation of justice28 July 2022
The judge of the First Examining Magistrate’s Court of Barcelona who is investigating the Volhov Case, Joaquín Aguirre, decrees the provisional dismissal and shelving of […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly31 August 2022
The magistrate of the Supreme Court Pablo Llarena relieved Junqueras, Romeva (ERC), Rull and Turull (JxCat) of their duties as MPs before the sentence was […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to political representation20 September 2022
The Provincial Court of Barcelona had acquitted the officer of the charge of causing injuries, as it had not been sufficiently established that he had […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly28 September 2022
Eulàlia Reguant goes on trial before the Supreme Court rather than a lower-level court, given her status as a CUP MP in the Parliament of […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly5 October 2022
Various former members of the Bureau of the Parliament of Catalonia – the former president, Roger Torrent (ERC); the former first vice-president, Josep Costa (JxCat); […]
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Free parliamentary debateNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice7 October 2022
The Criminal Court no. 30 of Madrid sentences Antonio Baños to four months in prison on the charge of disobedience for having refused to answer […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly10 October 2022
The previous day, Carlos Lesmes had explained in a statement that he was resigning after having asked the legislative branch, during his speech at the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial18 October 2022
The ANC’s Consum Estratègic website helped consumers search for businesses that are ‘free from the pressures of the Spanish State’. The court had already provisionally […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly20 October 2022
The investigating judge in the Operation Judas case, Manuel García-Castellón, closes the investigation phase, stating that the proceedings considered essential and necessary to clarify the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly14 November 2022
Eduard, a young man from Vic, accepts a sentence of three years and four months in prison for public disturbance and attacking authority. The Prosecutor’s […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly15 November 2022
The appeal had been presented on 16 November against the Central Electoral Board’s (JEC) decision not to include the two MEPs on the list of […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticisation of justice17 November 2022
On up to four occasions, the Examining Magistrate’s Court no. 4 of Lleida had ordered the dismissal of the case prosecuting the 1 October police […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly21 November 2022
The Supreme Court dismisses the University of Barcelona’s appeal against the High Court of Justice of Catalonia’s ruling that, in turn, upheld the ruling of […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly30 November 2022
The Supreme Court dismisses the Parliament of Catalonia’s appeal against the Central Electoral Board’s decision to strip Pau Juvillà of his seat. The Court argues […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representationRights to free expression and assembly27 December 2022
Although the reform on the appointment of Constitutional Court judges appointed by the General Council of the Judiciary could not be passed due to the […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional Court