12 posts during 2020 - Present: Impasse in the independence movement
3 March 2020
After the National Court requested the ‘automatic’ extradition of Josep Valtònyc for the crime of glorification of terrorism in relation to the content of his […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRight to a fair trial8 June 2020
The Court confirms the National High Court’s ruling sentencing the singer to nine months in prison for the crimes of glorification of terrorism, lèse majesté […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly19 July 2020
The rapper Pablo Hasél presents an appeal for protection before the High Court against the sentence passed by the Supreme Court which ratifies his sentence […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly15 September 2020
After the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union that Josep Valtònyc cannot be automatically extradited for the crime of glorification of […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRights to free expression and assembly28 January 2021
The court sets this deadline to comply with a nine-month sentence for the glorification of terrorism and slander against the Crown and the State Security […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly16 February 2021
Pablo Hasél had locked himself in University of Lleida on the previous day with other activists. The Mossos d’Esquadra enter the University of Lleida, handcuff […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly8 April 2021
The court extends the singer’s sentence for crimes of glorifying terrorism, lèse majesté and slander against the State Security Forces and Corps in the contents […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly22 September 2021
According to the prosecution authorities, Hasél is charged with ‘multiple criminal acts’ and describes him as a ‘persistent offender’ for the crime of glorification of […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly28 December 2021
The Court of Appeal in Ghent once again rejects the rapper’s extradition, after the Prosecutor’s Office appealed against the decision of the Court of First […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRights to free expression and assembly18 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 assembly17 March 2023
The sentence, that was initially a sentence of 9 months for the crimes of glorification of terrorism and slander of the Crown and State Security […]
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Prison regimeRights to free expression and assembly28 October 2023
Rapper Josep Miquel Arenas, Valtònyc, returns from exile after more than five years, after the crimes he was sentenced for prescribed. The National High Court […]
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Politicisation of justice