40 posts
10 March 2016
The First Examining Magistrate’s Court of Berga summons the mayor of Berga (CUP) to testify as she is being investigated for an electoral crime. The […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly4 November 2016
Montserrat Venturós, the mayor of Berga, is arrested by the Mossos d’Esquadra for not appearing to testify as an investigated party before the First Examining […]
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Central Electoral BoardNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly7 September 2017
The Constitutional Council meets urgently in an extraordinary plenary session and accepts the appeals, leaving in abeyance all the contested provisions. The Constitutional Court (TC) […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court13 September 2017
The State Attorney General’s Office (Maza) states that these acts may be indicative of the crimes of disobedience, prevarication and embezzlement of public funds. The […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice27 September 2017
The request is carried out at the request of the Lleida Public Prosecutor’s Office as part of the investigative proceedings of the mayors of the […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's Office19 October 2017
Marc Bosch, mayor of Dosrius (Maresme) and Eduard Garcia, town councillor, provide statements for a crime of serious disobedience and resistance during the 1 October […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly10 November 2017
Following a complaint by the National Police, a court in Reus summons the city mayor, six councillors and six others to bring them under investigation […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly23 November 2017
The mayor of Reus (PDeCAT) and three city councillors (PDeCAT and ERC) appear at a Reus court to give evidence after being investigated for a […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly24 November 2017
The Second Examining Magistrate’s Court in Sabadell opens preliminary proceedings against Sabadell city mayor, Maties Serracant, for an alleged crime of disobedience, for having allocated […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly13 December 2017
The Second Examining Magistrate’s Court of Manresa which has centralised the investigations relating to the 1 October referendum in the Bages region, summons the mayor […]
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Politicisation of justice28 February 2018
The First Examining Magistrate’s Court of Figueres summons Montserrat Mindan, mayor of Roses, to give evidence for an alleged crime of disobedience having being reported […]
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Politicisation of justice5 March 2018
The Sixth Examining Magistrate’s Court of Figueres opens proceedings against city Mayor Marta Felip following a report issued by the Civil Guard; and she is […]
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Politicisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional Court6 April 2018
The General State Prosecutor’s Office agrees to a six-month extension of the proceedings against the mayors who had collaborated with the Government of Catalonia in […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's Office16 April 2018
The Second Examining Magistrate’s Court of Manresa provisionally files the case opened against the mayor of Callús Joan Badia, for a crime of disobedience to […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly24 April 2018
Montserrat Mindan is under investigation for an alleged crime of disobedience for having signed a decree in support of the 1 October referendum l. The […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice20 June 2018
The Second Criminal Court of Manresa sentences the town mayor of Berga Montserrat Venturós (CUP) to a penalty of six months of disqualification and a […]
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Central Electoral BoardNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly20 July 2018
The Sixth Examining Magistrate’s Court of Figueres opened proceedings against Mayor Marta Felip in March following a report issued by the Civil Guard, and is […]
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Politicisation of justice4 October 2018
The courts enforce the sentence of disqualification of town mayor for Berga Montserrat Venturós meaning she effectively loses her position of mayor and town councillor […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly10 December 2018
The Examining Magistrate’s Court of Reus concludes the investigation against Reus city mayor Carles Pellicer, the municipal spokespersons Montserrat Vilella (PDeCAT), Noemí Llauradó (ERC), Mariona […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly22 January 2019
The Second Examining Magistrate’s Court of Sabadell summons Maties Serracant, city council member for the Crida andmayor of Sabadell, on 28 January to answer to […]
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Politicisation of justice12 February 2019
The Prosecutor’s Office brings a complaint before the High Court of Justice of Catalonia accusing Bernat Solé, mayor ofAgramunt and an ERC member of Parliament, […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice14 March 2019
The Association of Municipalities for Independence reports that of the 712 mayors who were to be investigated for having assisted with the organisation of the […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's Office8 April 2019
The Appeals Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia partially accepts the Prosecutor’s Office’s appeal against the dismissal of the disobedience case against […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice25 July 2019
The judge carrying out the High Court of Justice of Catalonia’s preliminary investigation in the case against Miquel Buch for his role in the organisation […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice5 September 2019
The Sixth Examining Magistrate’s Court of Figueres agrees to proceed with the case against Marta Felip, the mayor of the city, for an alleged crime […]
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Politicisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional Court28 November 2019
The Court partially grants the appeal presented by the defence against the examining magistrate’s court’s order that held there was sufficient evidence to put the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly2 July 2020
After the indictments from the Prosecutor’s Office and the State’s Attorney Office, the court investigating the case sent four of the activists to trial, accused […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly2 November 2020
The Provincial Court of Tarragona decrees the dismissal of the case against the mayor of Reus, Carles Pellicer, and the former municipal councillors Montserrat Vilella […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly16 November 2020
The First Criminal Court of Figueres has initiated the trial against the mayoress of Roses, Montserrat Mindan, for the alleged crime of disobedience for allowing […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice16 December 2020
Montserrat Mindan has been acquitted of the crime of disobedience for allowing municipal premises to be used for the 1 October referendum. The court magistrate, […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly20 January 2021
The Civil and Criminal Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia condemns Bernat Solé, minister of Foreign Affairs, Institutional Relations and Transparency of […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice22 January 2021
Montserrat Mindan was the first to be tried for the crime of disobedience in the Constitutional Court for having facilitated the 1 October referendum in […]
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Politicisation of justice25 June 2021
Montse Mindan has been acquitted of an alleged crime of disobedience for the events of 1 October. This is the second time she has been […]
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Politicisation of justice28 September 2021
The State Attorney’s Office requests these penalties in the context of the case being carried out before Investigating Court number four court of Amposta, at […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice15 October 2021
Marc Bosch, mayor of Dosrius (Maresme), and Eduard Garcia, councillor of the same municipality, provide statements before the Fourth Examining Magistrate’s Court of Mataró where […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly28 October 2021
The Third Criminal Court of Lleida sentences Miquel Serra (ERC) to three months’ disqualification for disobedience and a fine of 450 euros. In December, the […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice18 November 2021
The Prosecutor’s Office accuses former mayor Serracant of a serious crime of disobedience, since he ‘did not prevent or paralyse’ the 1 October referendum in […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly17 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 assembly12 October 2022
Miquel Serra (ERC) had been sentenced to a year of disqualification from public office and a six-month fine for disobedience. During the April 2019 general […]
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Central Electoral BoardRights to free expression and assembly31 May 2023
A criminal judge of Sabadell sentences the former mayor of Sabadell Maties Serracant for a crime of serious disobedience, with the mitigation of undue delays. […]
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Politicisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation