94 posts
2 November 2004
The European Court of Human Rights sentences Spain to pay damages to the 15 applicants, victims of mistreatment during the arrests of the Garzón Operation. […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly21 January 2008
The Supreme Court convicts the former president of the Basque Parliament Juan María Atutxa and the former members of the Kontxi Bilbao and Gorka Knorr […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to a fair trialRight to political representation5 December 2013
The Constitutional Court dismisses the appeal against the Supreme Court ruling, which condemned them for a crime of disobedience for not having dissolved the Sozialista […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to a fair trialRight to political representation13 November 2016
The investigating judge of the National High Court Carmen Lamela orders the Civil Guard to arrest eight young people in the municipality of Altsasu (Navarra) […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regimeRight to a fair trial13 June 2017
The former president of the Basque Parliament Juan María Atutxa and the former members of the Bureau, Gorka Knörr and Kontxi Bilbao, were convicted for […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to a fair trialRight to political representation27 September 2017
The magistrate of the Central Examining Magistrate’s Court of the National High Court, Carmen Lamela, starts preliminary proceedings regarding the complaint submitted by the Prosecutor’s […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly16 October 2017
The Third Examining Magistrate’s Court and National High Court judge Carmen Lamela, sentences Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez to preventive detention without bail, as requested […]
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Court of AuditorsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regimeRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly18 October 2017
The organisation considers that the charges for sedition are excessive and that the preventive detention of Cuixart and Sànchez violates the right to freedom of […]
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Politicisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly31 October 2017
The Examining Magistrate of Spain’s National High Court Carmen Lamela accepts the complaint by the Prosecutor’s Office against President Carles Puigdemont and other members of […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRight to a fair trial31 October 2017
The Prosecutor’s Office files charges against Carme Forcadell and five former members of Parliament (Lluís Corominas, Lluís Guinó, Anna Simó, Ramona Barrufet and Josep Nuet). […]
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Free parliamentary debateNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRight to a fair trial2 November 2017
The vice-president Oriol Junqueras and the ministers not exiled in Belgium (Joaquim Forn, Josep Rull, Jordi Turull, Raül Romeva, Dolors Bassa, Meritxell Borràs, Carles Mundó […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trial2 November 2017
Far-right party VOX asks to act as a ‘popular prosecutor’ before the Supreme Court against the leaders of the 1 October referendum. The party allege […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial3 November 2017
National High Court Magistrate Carmen Lamela issues national arrest warrants and European Arrest Warrants against President Carles Puigdemont and the MPs currently exiled in Belgium […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justiceRight to a fair trial7 November 2017
Supreme Court magistrate Pablo Llarena, takes on the ongoing case in the High Court of Justice of Catalonia against Carme Forcadell and the former members […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trial24 November 2017
Supreme Court magistrate Pablo Llarena takes over the National High Court case against President Puigdemont and the other MPs (Oriol Junqueras, Joaquim Forn, Jordi Turull, […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justiceRight to a fair trial4 December 2017
Llarena sentences Vice President Oriol Junqueras, Joaquim Forn and Jordi Sànchez (ANC) and Jordi Cuixart (Òmnium Cultural) to preventive detention. The remaining jailed MPs (Josep […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trial22 December 2017
Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena expands the case for prosecution of the leaders of the 1 October referendum to include ERC secretary-general Marta Rovira, the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial7 February 2018
Magistrate Francisco Monterde, vice-president of the Asociación Profesional de la Magistratura (a conservative association of judges) is appointed speaker forJordi Sànchez’s appeal against permission being […]
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Politicisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trialRight to political representation1 March 2018
Youngsters from Altsasu ask for the recusal of the magistrate Concepción Espejel because of her affinity with the Civil Guard, given that she is married […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial10 April 2018
The Constitutional Court accepts an appeal for protection submitted by Carme Forcadell and Anna Simó against the decision taken by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Chamber […]
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Right to a fair trial16 April 2018
The events took place during a bar fight involving two off-duty Civil Guard officers and their respective partners. The Prosecutor ‘s Office requests a 62 […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trial1 June 2018
They are sentenced for the crime of causing injury, public disturbances and threats aggravating the situation with abusive language of superiority and hatred given that […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trial5 June 2018
Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín, Clara Ponsatí, Lluís Puig and Meritxell Serret lodge a civil lawsuit against the examining magistrate for the 1 October referendum case, […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial6 June 2018
Toni Comín and Meritxell Serret ask for the first time to appear in person at the the Supreme Court for the case involving the leaders […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial23 July 2018
Jordi Sànchez, Jordi Turull and Josep Rull submit a recusal against the president and four magistrates from the the Supreme Court’s Criminal Chamber which will […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial13 September 2018
The Supreme Court’s Special Chamber responsible for hearing recusals, chaired by Supreme Court President Carlos Lesmes, dismisses the recusal against Manuel Marchena and other members […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial25 October 2018
Thethe Supreme Court Chamber which is to judge the case against the leaders of the October 1 referendum confirms the conclusion of the summary trial […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial6 November 2018
The ECHR considers that in the trial against Arnaldo Otegi and five Abertzale leaders for the Bateragune case, the defendants’ right to a fair trial […]
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Right to a fair trial6 November 2018
The Criminal Chamber of the National High Court dismisses appeals by Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez against the preventive detention ordered by the Examining Magistrate’s […]
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Politicisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly20 November 2018
Jordi Cuixart, Oriol Junqueras, Raül Romeva, Jordi Turull, Josep Rull and Jordi Sànchez ask to issue a recusal against Manuel Marchena after the leak of […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial1 December 2018
Sànchez and Turull initiate this action in protest against the the fact that their appeals for protection lodged in connection with the 1 October referendum […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticised Constitutional CourtPrison regimeRight to a fair trial12 December 2018
In the Constitutional Court’s plenary session it was unanimously decided to reject the appeals for protection submitted by Anna Gabriel, Mireia Boya, Carme Forcadell and […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial12 February 2019
The Plenary Session of the Constitutional Court unanimously decides to reject the appeal for protection presented by Carme Forcadell against the Supreme Court’s decision not […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial22 February 2019
The Criminal Chamber of the National High Court dismisses the appeal presented byPere Soler , former chief of the Mossos d’Esquadra, and Cèsar Puig, former […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial7 March 2019
The Court confirms the sentences ranging from two to 13 years in prison and declines to convict the youth of the crime of terrorism as […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRight to a fair trial26 March 2019
The plenary session of the Constitutional Court unanimously decides not to accept the appeal for protection presented by Meritxell Serret and Toni Comín against the […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial24 April 2019
The Provincial Court of Barcelona rules that the Examining Magistrate Court No. 24 of Barcelona has the jurisdiction to conduct the preliminary investigation in the […]
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Right to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly3 May 2019
Specifically, the organisation calls for the release of Jordi Cuixart, Jordi Sànchez and Oriol Junqueras, imprisoned for the 1 October referendum, who had submitted their […]
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Politicisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly10 May 2019
Anna Simó, former member of the Bureau of the Parliament of Catalonia, files a recusal against Jesús María Barrientos and Carlos Ramos, two of the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial4 July 2019
Specifically, the organisation is now calling for the release of Joaquim Forn, Raül Romeva, Josep Rull and Dolors Bassa, who were imprisoned in the prosecution […]
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Politicisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly20 December 2019
Xavier Duch, Eduard Garzón and Xavier Buïgas are released, and on the 27th, so are Alexis Codina and Ferran Jolis. The other two CDR members […]
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Politicisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly23 December 2019
Lawyer Francesc Jufresa sends the Ministry of Justice a pardon request for the 12 individuals convicted in the ruling against the independence process, both those […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial3 February 2020
The Civil and Criminal Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia opens a new investigation against President Quim Torra for an alleged crime […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly19 February 2020
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia had referred the case to the Supreme Court because Nuet was elected as a member of Congress in […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to a fair trial3 March 2020
After the National Court requested the ‘automatic’ extradition of Josep Valtònyc for the crime of glorification of terrorism in relation to the content of his […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRight to a fair trial4 March 2020
The prisoners have submitted appeals for protection asking for the verdict to be declared null and void, arguing that their fundamental rights, such as the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly20 March 2020
Between 13 and 20 March, Junqueras, Forcadell and Romeva present appeals for protection before the Constitutional Court in relation to the ruling against the independence […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly21 April 2020
The Brussels court of first instance before which Puigdemont, Ponsatí, Comín, Puig and Serret filed a complaint against Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the […]
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Right to a fair trial6 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 trial18 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 assembly23 October 2020
The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court dismisses the appeal presented by Carles Puigdemont and Antoni Comín against the decision of the investigating magistrate of […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial17 November 2020
The prisoners argue that Narváez lacks impartiality to resolve the appeals for protection based on the magistrate’s value judgements during the conference entitled ‘The Catalan […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial14 December 2020
In July, the Supreme Court had already annulled the 2012 ruling in line with the orders of the European Court of Human Rights and the […]
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Right to a fair trial16 February 2021
The magistrate presents a brief to the members of the court after the prisoners demand that he be recused following the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial17 February 2021
Borràs was sentenced by the Supreme Court to one year in prison, eight months of disqualification and issued with a fine of 60,000 euros for […]
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Politicisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial16 March 2021
The Prosecutor’s Office had filed the action on the grounds of an alleged crime of disobedience against the former president of Parliament, Roger Torrent (ERC) […]
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Free parliamentary debateNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRight to a fair trial17 March 2021
The former minister’s appeal argued that the Supreme Court had violated his presumption of innocence. The Constitutional Court dismisses the appeal because it considers that […]
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Politicisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial18 March 2021
The defence of the three exiles files for the recusal of Conde-Pumpido, magistrate of the Constitutional Court, in order that he abstain from the resolution […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial22 April 2021
The former minister filed an appeal to the high court against the judgement of 1 October issued by the Supreme Court denouncing a violation of […]
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Politicisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial13 May 2021
The Constitutional Court dismisses the appeal for protection presented by Francesc Homs against the Supreme Court ruling on the organisation of the consultation of 9 […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trialRight to political representation13 May 2021
The arrest warrant is issued after the CUP parliament member Laia Estrada, under investigation for an alleged crime of public disturbance, did not appear in […]
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Right to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly9 June 2021
In Cuixart’s appeal to the ECHR, which is more than 2,000 pages long and includes reports from international organisations, he argues that the Supreme Court […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly12 July 2021
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia was investigating the minister from CUP for alleged crimes of public disturbance and disobedience for her participation in […]
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Right to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly28 September 2021
The court takes into consideration that the Supreme Court reduced the sentence for the youths by removing the aggravating factors of abuse of superiority and […]
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Right to a fair trial4 October 2021
The Constitutional Court accepts the appeal for protection filed by Guillem Padilla and considers that his right to effective judicial protection has been violated concerning […]
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Right to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly7 October 2021
The Constitutional Court dismisses the appeal presented by former president Artur Mas against the sentence issued by the Supreme Court, which confirmed the sentence of […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trialRight to political representation21 October 2021
The agreement consists in the renewal of four members of the Constitutional Court, the twelve members of the Court of Auditors, the Ombudsman and the […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial27 October 2021
The Mossos d’Esquadra arrest the former vice-president of the Bureau of the Parliament Josep Costa by order of the magistrate of the High Court of […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justiceRight to a fair trial28 October 2021
In December 2020, the Supreme Court had ordered the National Court to repeat the trial for the Bateragune case. The Constitutional Court’s decision means that […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial19 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 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 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 trial23 March 2022
The Constitutional Court considers that the sentence of the Supreme Court against the leaders of 1 October was issued following procedural guarantees and imposed a […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial24 March 2022
The appeals of the former ministers of Labour and Interior respectively were the last to be pending. As happened with all appeals for protection (except […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial4 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 trial7 April 2022
The Constitutional Court considers that the former vice-president of the Parliament of Catalonia, Josep Costa , did not have his rights violated, given that the […]
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Free parliamentary debateNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial5 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 assembly28 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 trial19 July 2022
Those injured in the police violence and arrests during the 1 October referendum had presented an appeal for protection following the dismissal of the case […]
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Right to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly12 September 2022
Pau Juvillà, former CUP MP in the Parliament of Catalonia, had appealed for protection against the decision of the Secretariat-General of the Parliament of Catalonia […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trialRights 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 trial10 October 2022
The court overturns the Provincial Court of Barcelona’s decision to uphold the dismissal of the complaint the photojournalist filed after having been injured by a […]
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Right to a fair trialRights 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 assembly10 November 2022
The Supreme Court overturns the trial and conviction of Lluís Guinó, Ramona Barrufet and Lluís Corominas on the charge of disobedience, and the trial will […]
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Right to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly17 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 assembly31 January 2023
Llarena had asked the CJEU about the ability of judicial authorities executing European Arrest Warrants to consider matters of jurisdiction and respect for fundamental rights […]
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European Arrest WarrantsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRight to a fair trial8 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 assembly28 March 2023
Clara Ponsatí returns to the Principality and appears in a press conference in the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya. In the press conference, Ponsatí explains […]
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Right to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly14 May 2023
The court had referred the case to the High Court of Justice fn Catalonia for her status as MP, even though the MP had not […]
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Right to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly29 May 2023
In November 2022, the Supreme Court ordered the retrial of the 1 October independence referendum bureau for lack of impartiality of judges Jesús María Barrientos […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trialRight to political representation13 June 2023
After Llarena dismissed the appeals against the amending of the indictment issued by the investigating judge in the case against the 1 October referendum leaders […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly