25 posts during 2020 - Present: Impasse in the independence movement
3 January 2020
The Central Electoral Board agrees to strip Quim Torra of his seat following his conviction for disobedience by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia […]
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Central Electoral BoardJudicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representationRights to free expression and assembly23 January 2020
The Supreme Court decides not to provisionally suspend the disqualification of Quim Torra as an MP, ordered by the Central Electoral Board following his conviction […]
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Central Electoral BoardRight to political representationRights to free expression and assembly27 January 2020
The president of Parliament, Roger Torrent, refuses to submit to a vote of the Bureau a document presented by JxCat revoking the instructions issued by […]
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Central Electoral BoardJudicial vetoes of elected officialsRight to political representationRights to free expression and assembly3 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 assembly5 February 2020
The Parliament makes the decision in relation to President Torra’s conviction for disobedience, which is not yet final, in the case of the yellow ribbons. […]
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Central Electoral BoardRight to political representationRights to free expression and assembly6 July 2020
Carlos Ramos, examining magistrate of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia, who is leading the investigation against President Quim Torra for not having removed, […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly28 September 2020
The Supreme Court ratifies the sentence issued by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia. Thus, the court rejects the appeal filed by Quim Torra […]
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Central Electoral BoardJudicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representationRights to free expression and assembly19 October 2020
The magistrate investigating the case against the former president, Quim Torra, for not having removed a banner featuring a yellow ribbon from the balcony of […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsRights to free expression and assembly3 November 2020
The Constitutional Courthas rejected the appeal for protection filed by Quim Torra against the decision of the Supreme Court not to suspend as a precautionary […]
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Central Electoral BoardJudicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation21 December 2020
The vice-president of the Catalan Government, Pere Aragonès, signs the decree calling for Catalan elections for 14 February 2021, after the expiry of the two-month […]
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Central Electoral BoardJudicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representation28 December 2020
The Court that is investigating the second case of disobedience against former president Quim Torra is prosecuting him for not having removed a banner featuring […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsRights to free expression and assembly14 February 2021
Following the disqualification of President Quim Torra and the failure to reach an agreement regarding the election of a new president, the elections were finally […]
11 March 2021
The Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court dismisses the appeals of the former president of the Catalan Government Quim Torra against the three sanctions imposed […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticisation of justice28 April 2021
The Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia accepts the June 2019 appeal of the Impulso Ciudadano association filed against Quim Torra’s […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly28 April 2021
The Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court dismisses Parliament’s appeal against the decision of the Central Electoral Board based on the conviction for disobedience, which […]
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Central Electoral BoardJudicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representation29 November 2021
The Criminal Court trying the second case of disobedience filed against Quim Torra for not removing a banner with a yellow ribbon from the balcony […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation 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 assembly17 March 2022
The former president of the Government of Catalunya Quim Torra decides not to appear at the oral trial session of the second case against him […]
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Central Electoral BoardNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights 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 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 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 trial28 March 2023
The Supreme Court dismisses the appeal submitted by the Government of Catalonia against the judgment of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia accepted the […]
3 May 2023
VOX, Ciudadanos and PP had requested the removal of Borràs after she had been sentenced for a crime of “prevaricació”, even though the sentence is […]
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Right to political representation23 July 2023
In Catalonia, the PSC, the list led by Meritxell Batet obtains 19 seats, Sumar, the list led by Aina Vidal, obtains 7, PP, led by […]
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European Arrest WarrantsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's Office10 October 2023
On 28 September 2020, CDR Barcelonès called a demonstration against the disqualification of President Quin Torra. According to the accusation of the Public Prosecutor’s, that […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly