136 posts in 2022
18 January 2022
The Brussels Court of Cassation rejects the appeal of the Ghent Prosecutor’s Office against the decision to refuse extradition due to crimes of glorification of […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRights to free expression and assembly19 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 assembly25 January 2022
The First Court of First Instance and Instruction of Vic closes the case against seven pro-independence activists investigated for crimes of public disturbance and causing […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly25 January 2022
The Spanish policeman, who is an inspector of the Provincial Information Brigade of the National Police and a VOX militant, had assaulted the photojournalist specialising […]
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Rights 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 justice27 January 2022
Òmnium Cultural, ANC and Irídia, the popular prosecution in the investigation of the police charges of 1 October in Barcelona, call for the indictment of […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly3 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 Constitutional Court annuls the agreements of the Bureau of Parliament of 25 September 2019 that initiated the procedure of the draft resolutions ‘For an […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court8 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 assembly9 February 2022
The Provincial Court of Barcelona sentences Max Castellarnau to a sentence of one year and nine months in prison, after he expressed his agreement, for […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly14 February 2022
The Mossos d’Esquadra assaulted fireman Joan Domènech during the blocking of A-2 highway in Soses, organised by the CDR after Carles Puigdemont’s arrest in Germany. […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly16 February 2022
A protester accepts this conviction for crimes of attacking the authority and public disturbance, in addition to a penalty of disqualification from the right to […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regimeRights 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 assembly23 February 2022
The Provincial Court of Barcelona sentences Roger Aguayo to one year and six months in prison for crimes of attacking authority and causing injuries and […]
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Rights 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 assembly3 March 2022
The judge orders their arrest after they failed to appear in court to testify up to five times. The Fourth Examining Magistrate’s Court of Figueres […]
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Rights 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 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 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 assembly20 March 2022
The public entity had applied for the bank file in March 2021 to be able to operate as a public bank due to technical problems […]
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Violation of autonomy23 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 trial25 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
Pol Vidal was accused of committing crimes of attacking the authority and causing minor injuries for having, according to the police’s version, punched an officer’s […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly29 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 trial5 April 2022
The accused are Francesc Colomines and a citizen of Arenys de Munt, whom the Prosecutor’s Office requests a sentence of 14 years and 7 years […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime7 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 trial8 April 2022
The Court has amended its decision and now accepts the 5.4 million euro guarantee from the Catalan Institute of Finance in the case against 34 […]
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Court of AuditorsViolation of autonomy11 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 assembly13 April 2022
The Prosecutor’s Office files a claim before the Court of Auditors for the organisation of the 1 October referendum and the foreign affairs of the […]
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Court of Auditors18 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 justice25 April 2022
The Examining Magistrate’s Court no. 4 of Lleida had twice ordered the case to be dismissed, and the Provincial Court had objected. Now it agrees […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly25 April 2022
The Examining Magistrate’s Court no. 4 of Lleida had twice ordered the case to be thrown out, and the Provincial Court had objected. Now it […]
29 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 assembly2 May 2022
Mossos d’Esquadra arrested Sane on the day of the general strike on 18 October 2019, in the course of the blocking of AP-7 road at […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights 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 justice5 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 assembly7 May 2022
The Provincial Court of Girona acquits Robert Llach, a young man from Girona who was arrested during the protests against the sentence of the 1 […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regimeRights to free expression and assembly10 May 2022
The Provincial Court of Barcelona considers that hacking the mobile phones of one of the demonstrators arrestes during the protests agaoinst the sentence of the […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly11 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 assembly17 May 2022
The Belgian Supreme Court had ordered the Court of Appeal of Ghent to review its decision of 18 January 2022 not to extradite Valtònyc in […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRights to free expression and assembly17 May 2022
Some members of the assembly of the CUP in Granollers denounce that the Mossos d’Esquadra have included them in a report describing them as being […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly20 May 2022
The Provincial Court of Barcelona acquits Brian Bartés of the crimes of public disturbance, attacking the authority and causing injuries for his participation in the […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly24 May 2022
In this way, the CJEU annuls the decision of the General Court of the European Union of July 2021 not to grant precautionary measures to […]
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European Arrest Warrants26 May 2022
The Prosecutor’s Office requests this penalty and that he stays two hundred meters away, for two years, from the Via Laietana police station for a […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly31 May 2022
The Constitutional Court accepts for consideration the appeal for protection filed by the MPs of Ciudadanos and annuls the agreements of the Bureau of the […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation31 May 2022
The Supreme Court dismisses the appeal of the Prosecutor’s Office against the sentence of the Provincial Court of Barcelona that acquitted CDR activist Tamara Carrasco […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly7 June 2022
Allegedly, the infiltrator of the National Police called himself Marc Hernàndez Pon and had been a member of different movements of the pro-independence left for […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly7 June 2022
MEPs Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín appealed against two decisions of Antonio Tajani. The first, to not let them enter Parliament as MEPs and to […]
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Central Electoral BoardRight to political representation7 June 2022
The Prosecutor’s Office accused Catasús of hitting a Mossos d’Esquadra officer with a flag and requested a sentence of 8 years in prison and disqualification […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's Office8 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 justice9 June 2022
The Seventh Examining Magistrate’s Court of Barcelona, which is in charge of investigating the police charges of 1 October in Barcelona, is prosecuting the gunman […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly10 June 2022
The Provincial Court of Barcelona acquits the youth of the crimes of public disturbance and attacking the authority due to insufficient evidence and because, according […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly10 June 2022
The Provincial Court of Girona argues, with respect to the crime of public disturbance, that anyone who participates in a demonstration or meeting where a […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly21 June 2022
The Provincial Court of Barcelona had sentenced them to four and a half years in prison for crimes of public disturbance and attacking the authority […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly22 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 justice22 June 2022
The Provincial Court of Barcelona sentences William Aitken, a Scottish resident in Barcelona, to 5 years and 1 month in prison for committing crimes of […]
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Prison regimeRights to free expression and assembly24 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 justice26 June 2022
Enric Pérez explains that two supposed agents of the Spanish National Security Department tried to recruit him for three months. Pérez recounts how he held […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly27 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 justice27 June 2022
The Constitutional Court annuls the agreements taken on 25 and 26 March 2021 by the Bureau of the Parliament of Catalonia on the acceptance of […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court28 June 2022
The European Court of Human Rights condemns Spain for having violated the right to privacy and family life of the plaintiffs. In 2014, in the […]
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Rights 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 trial1 July 2022
The Central Administrative Court of the National High Court denies financial liability on behalf of the State in the arrest of the mayor of Verges, […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly1 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
The judge of the Fourth Examining Magistrate’s Court of Reus orders the arrest of the CUP city councilor of Reus and spokesman of its National […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly7 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 justice12 July 2022
The Constitutional Court also declares unconstitutional the agreements of the plenary session and the Bureau of the Parliament of Catalonia that authorised the delegation of […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation15 July 2022
The National Police had been following the president of the Vibrant entity Jordi Riba for three years using a tracking device and a SIM card. […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly19 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 justice19 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 assembly21 July 2022
The former national secretary of the Assemblea Nacional Catalana Tomàs Sayes had been summoned to testify in relation to the roadblocks between Bellver and Prullans […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly21 July 2022
The Court convicts Calvo on charges of crimes of public disturbance and attacking the authority, while the Prosecutor’s Office called for eight years in prison. […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly28 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 assembly1 August 2022
Òmnium, represented by the lawyer Benet Salellas, files an administrative lawsuit for the protection of fundamental rights after having carried out a request on 6 […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly4 August 2022
Serracant posted a tweet in December 2021 in which he said: ‘I’ve got my meat of a Spanish-speaking child ready to make cannelloni.’ VOX reported […]
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Catalan languageNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly10 August 2022
The report of the Ministry of the Interior and the General Directorate of the National Police is drawn up within the framework of the administrative […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly25 August 2022
Adam Camón does not appear to testify despite being warned that failing to do so could lead to his arrest. The First Examining Magistrate’s Court […]
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Rights 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 representation6 September 2022
The Examining Magistrate’s Court no. 4 of Figueres had been prosecuting nearly 200 people for public disturbance in connection with the roadblocks, organised by Tsunami […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly7 September 2022
The 2022 State Attorney General Report, Álvaro García Ortiz, classifies the ‘violent’ Catalan independence movement under this subheading, alongside ETA and GRAPO. Therefore, it also […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly11 September 2022
The demonstration runs from Avinguda del Paral·lel to the Estació de França train station in Barcelona. The Guàrdia Urbana puts the number of demonstrators at […]
12 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 assembly14 September 2022
The woman, who was 21 when the events took place, participated in a protest in Valencia on 18 February 2021 against the imprisonment of Pablo […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly19 September 2022
He made these and other comments on the El Matí de Catalunya Ràdio programme two days after the 14 February 2021 Parliament of Catalonia elections, […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly20 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 assembly28 September 2022
In the context of the Catalangate, the chairman of the European Parliament Committee investigating the use of Pegasus and similar programs sends a letter to […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly4 October 2022
The Prosecutor’s Office, charging him with attacking authority, is seeking a two-year prison sentence, while the officers who arrested Umpierrez, and who brought a private […]
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Rights 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 justice