50 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 assembly7 January 2020
He is elected in the second round of voting and by a simple majority, with 167 votes in favour (the PSOE, Unidas Podemos, the PNV, […]
28 January 2020
The Constitutional Court decides to overturn the Bureau of Parliament’s 22 October 2019 decision to allow a vote on sections censuring the monarchy and asserting […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court5 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 assembly11 February 2020
The Constitutional Court overturns the Bureau’s 29 October 2019 decision to allow a resolution presented by the CUP reaffirming Parliament’s commitment to the right to […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court19 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 trial2 July 2020
After the indictments from the Prosecutor’s Office and the State’s Attorney Office, the court investigating the case sent four of the activists to trial, accused […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly13 July 2020
The investigation, carried out jointly by The Guardian and El País as well as in cooperation with the University of Toronto research group CitizenLab has […]
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Politicisation of justice15 September 2020
The Prosecutor’s Office accuses the demonstrators Francisco Garrobo, Moisès Fernández, Josep Maria and Lluís, all members of the CDRs (Committees for the Defence of the […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights 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 justice2 November 2020
The Provincial Court of Tarragona decrees the dismissal of the case against the mayor of Reus, Carles Pellicer, and the former municipal councillors Montserrat Vilella […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly24 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 assembly12 December 2020
The General Directorate of the Police opens a disciplinary case and relieves a Mosso d’Esquadra officer of the General Commissariat of Information of his duties […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly29 December 2020
The CUP councillor in the Tarragona Town Hall and three other people have been accused of the alleged crime of public disturbance due to their […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights 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 […]
1 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 Court9 March 2021
The councillor of Guanyem Badalona en Comú and CUP activist Jose Téllez testifies on 23 February before the Supreme Court. He was accused of the […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly16 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 trial11 May 2021
Following instructions from the State Prosecutor’s Office, the High Prosecutor’s Office of Catalonia closes the investigation into CUP for allocating money from the subsidy received […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's Office13 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 assembly21 May 2021
At the investiture session in Parliament, Aragonès is sworn in as president with 74 votes in favour from the MPs of ERC, Junts and CUP. […]
4 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 assembly16 June 2021
Vivet is sentenced for the events that took place at the demonstration organised by Arran to protest against the act of tribute to the police […]
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Rights 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 assembly20 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 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 assembly16 December 2021
The court concludes that the organised roadblock for which Francisco Garrobo and Moisès Fernández were being tried falls within their right of assembly and disagrees […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights 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 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 Court17 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 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 assembly19 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 justice17 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 assembly1 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 assembly7 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 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 justice12 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 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 assembly7 October 2022
The Criminal Court no. 30 of Madrid sentences Antonio Baños to four months in prison on the charge of disobedience for having refused to answer […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly17 November 2022
The judge of the Criminal Court no. 1 of Mataró convicts the former mayor, a member of CUP, on the charge of disobedience, finding that […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly15 December 2022
The PSOE, Unidas Podemos, ERC, PDECat, PNB and EH Bildu vote in favour of the reform, while Junts, the CUP and VOX vote against it, […]
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 representation9 May 2023
Ivan, who is running in the 28 May 2023 municipal election (CUP), was arrested on 16 October 2019, during the protests against the judgment that […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly14 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 assembly28 May 2023
In Catalonia, only municipal elections are held and in lots of regions in Spain, also regional elections. There is a general victory of the PSC […]
5 June 2023
The case began because of the arrests carried out in the early hours of the morning of 16 October 2019 in Tarragona city center. Out […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly23 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 Office9 November 2023
The Supreme Court had referred the case to Barcelona Provincial Court in 2022. Anna Gabriel, former CUP MP in the Catalan Parliament, was indicted for […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly10 November 2023
Òscar Campos, that was in a relationship with Maria I. T during that time and five associations that have been affected, including Òmnium Cultural, the […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly