71 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 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 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 trial27 February 2020
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 assembly27 February 2020
The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia prosecutes the former secretary-general of the Department of the Vice-Presidency, Josep Maria Jové, and the former secretary of […]
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Politicisation of justice6 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 assembly3 September 2020
A Barcelona Administrative Court has annulled the statement opposing the ruling of theSupreme Court against the leaders of the 1 October referendum issued by the […]
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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 High Court of Justice of Catalonia convicts the former members of the Bureau Lluís Corominas, Anna Simó, Ramona Barrufet and Lluís Guinó for the […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justice19 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 representation24 November 2020
The Provincial Court of Barcelona acquits the four demonstrators of the crime against traffic safety but sentences Francisco Garrobo, member of the Municipal Secretariat of […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly28 November 2020
Adrián is a young man from Vilafranca del Penedès arrested on 11 December 2018 for his participation in the protests of the first anniversary of […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly16 December 2020
The State Attorney, representing the Spanish Ministry of Education, alleges that the Government of Catalonia is not complying with the regulations regarding the use of […]
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Catalan languagePoliticisation of justice21 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 assembly15 January 2021
The Catalan Government reaches an agreement with all the parties of Parliament except the PSC to postpone the elections until 30 May due to the […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officials20 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 justice1 March 2021
The Prosecutor’s Office files a complaint before the High Court of Justice of Catalonia against former president of the Bureau of Parliament Roger Torrent (ERC) […]
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Free parliamentary debateNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticised Constitutional Court11 March 2021
The former Minister of Agriculture, Meritxell Serret, who had resided in Belgium since November 2017, has been on trial in the 1 October referendum case […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice16 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 trial23 March 2021
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia issues two rulings that annul the language projects of the Bogatell and Josefina Ibáñez d’Abrera schools in Barcelona […]
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Catalan languagePoliticisation 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 representation30 April 2021
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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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly12 May 2021
The Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court dismisses the appeal that Oriol Junqueras had submitted against the decision of the Central Electoral Board of 3 […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticisation of justiceRight 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 assembly14 May 2021
The Mossos d’Esquadra arrested him and took him to the courts of Terrassa for having chained himself to the steps of the Palau de Justícia […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly28 May 2021
Joaquín Aguirre, the judge investigating the Volhov case, refers the proceedings against Francesc de Dalmases, MP of the Junts per Catalunya party, to the High […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly1 June 2021
Garriga (who in 2017 was Head of Services under the General Secretariat of the Department for the Vice-Presidency and Economy and Finance of the Government […]
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Politicisation of justice4 June 2021
Pau Juvillà is being investigated for an alleged crime of disobedience for not removing the yellow ribbons from his office in La Paeria, by order […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly21 June 2021
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia rejects the appeal of the University of Barcelona against the judgement issued by a Barcelona Administrative Court annulling […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights 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 assembly26 July 2021
The investigating magistrate of the case against former president of the Parliament Roger Torrent (current Minister of Business and Labour) and the former members of […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justice15 September 2021
The former president of the Bureau of Parliament Roger Torrent and the two former members of the Bureau Eusebi Campdepadrós and Adriana Delgado appear before […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justice20 September 2021
The Prosecutor’s Office had asked for the provisional dismissal of the case against the five Tarragona citizens who had demonstrated on 21 December against the […]
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Rights 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 representation14 October 2021
Some parents of the Turó del Drac school in Canet de Mar had requested from the Minister of Education a minimum of 50% Spanish be […]
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Catalan languagePoliticisation of justice27 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 trial10 November 2021
The magistrate of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia Maria Eugènia Alegret agrees that there are reasons to try for crimes of disobedience the […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justice24 November 2021
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia has ratified the sentence of activist Adrián Sas condemning him to three years and six months in prison, […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly29 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 assembly14 December 2021
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia condemns for disobedience the CUP member of Parliament Pau Juvillà for not having removed the yellow ribbons from […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticisation of justiceRights 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 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 justice8 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 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 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 assembly25 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
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 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 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 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 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 justice30 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 trial1 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
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 justice20 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 assembly15 November 2022
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia acquits several former members of the Bureau of Parliament, namely the former president, Roger Torrent; the former first […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly18 November 2022
The former secretary-general of Catalonia’s Department of the Vice-Presidency, Economy and Finance, and the former secretary of the Treasury, both currently ERC MPs in the […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly21 November 2022
The Supreme Court dismisses the University of Barcelona’s appeal against the High Court of Justice of Catalonia’s ruling that, in turn, upheld the ruling of […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly22 March 2023
The MEP requested to the Department of the Interior of the Catalan Government, in February 2022, copies of the reports made by the Mossos d’Esquadra […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly28 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 […]
30 March 2023
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia, presided by Jesús M. Barrientos, sentences her for the crimes of corrupt practice, forgery of official document and […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticisation of justice14 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 representation12 July 2023
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia declares admissible three claims submitted by parents of students that requested more hours of courses in Spanish for […]
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Catalan language2 October 2023
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia lowers to one year and six months in prison the sentence of Barcelona Provincial Court of for years […]
26 October 2023
In 2021, Catalonia High Court of Justice imposed a 25% of Spanish language in Turó del Drac school of Canet de Mar after an appeal […]
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Catalan languageRights to free expression and assembly13 November 2023
Barcelona Provincial Court had sentenced young Scot William Aitken to five years in prison for his participation in the protests against the imprisonment of rapper […]