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Prosecutions of activists who chained themselves to the Palau de Justícia

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23 February 2018

The Mossos d’Esquadra arrest 14 members of the CDRs, one of them a minor, for chaining themselves together for an hour on the steps of the Palau de Justice in Barcelona

The activists are arrested by the Mossos d’Esquadra for protesting, along with 237 other people, against the application of Article 155 and demanding the release […]

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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly
27 February 2020

The Barcelona Provincial Court acquits 12 of the 13 CDR members who chained themselves to the steps of Barcelona’s Palau de Justícia, the headquarters of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia

The trial, held on 5 and 6 February, concluded with the acquittal of the activists who held a protest in February 2018 against the application […]

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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly
30 April 2021

The High Court of Justice of Catalonia upholds the acquittal of the activist that chained themselves to the Palau de Justícia

The High Court of Justice of Catalonia dismisses the appeal filed by the Prosecutor’s Office against the judgment of the Provincial Court that acquitted the […]

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Breaches:
Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly