70 posts
21 January 2008
The Supreme Court convicts the former president of the Basque Parliament Juan María Atutxa and the former members of the Kontxi Bilbao and Gorka Knorr […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to a fair trialRight to political representation23 August 2009
The Department of the Interior postpones the demonstration for a week after the consultation for fear of confrontations. The Falange does not accept the ban […]
2 September 2009
Jorge Buxadé, the lawyer in charge of appealing the consultation of Arenys on behalf of the State, had been a candidate for the fascist Falange […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly3 September 2009
With the suspension requested by Jorge Buxadé on behalf of the State’s Attorney Office, the court nullifies the the Town Hall’s decision to allow municipal […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly9 September 2009
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia argues that postponing the Falange’s demonstration until a week after the consultation of Arenys, as intended by the […]
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Politicisation of justice11 September 2013
They were members of La Falange and Alianza Nacional.
3 March 2014
The newspaper publishes this article with the personal data obtained from police databases (names and surnames, photographs, courts where they worked and comments on their […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly1 October 2014
The complaint lodged by the extreme right-wing association Manos Limpias against President Mas is for prevarication, disobedience, rebellion, provocation to sedition and embezzlement, and it […]
9 November 2014
UPyD, PxC, members of the PP, Societat Civil Catalana and several individuals are asking the police courts to close schools and remove the ballot boxes […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly22 December 2014
By agreeing to hear the complaint filed by the Prosecutor’s Officeagainst Artur Mas, Irene Rigau and Joana Ortega following the 9 November consultationjoins the same […]
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Politicisation of justice15 March 2017
Examining Magistrate’s Court no. 13 of Barcelona agrees to hear a second complaint filed by VOX against Santiago Vidal in relation to his statements in […]
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Politicisation of justice2 November 2017
Far-right party VOX asks to act as a ‘popular prosecutor’ before the Supreme Court against the leaders of the 1 October referendum. The party allege […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial23 March 2018
Judge rules prison without bail for Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, Dolors Bassa, Raül Romeva and Carme Forcadell, as requested by the Prosecutor’s Office, the State’s […]
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European Arrest WarrantsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justicePrison regimeRight to political representation28 March 2018
President Carles Puigdemont, Clara Ponsatí and Lluís Puig are appealing ‘in reform,’ i.e. before the judge Pablo Llarena himself, against their prosecution for rebellion and […]
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Politicisation of justice9 May 2018
The Supreme Court judge investigating the 1 October referendum case confirms the prosecutions and sentences along with the decision not to prosecute Artur Mas or […]
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Politicisation of justice22 June 2018
VOX accuses the officers Lluís Ferran López, Joan Carles Molinero, Emili Quevedo and Francisco Javier Gámez, intendants Antoni Verger and Amadeu Domingo and the head […]
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Politicisation of justice11 October 2018
Officers Lluís Ferran López, Joan Carles Molinero, Emili Quevedo and Francisco Javier Gámez, the intendants Antoni Verger and Amadeu Domingo and the head of the […]
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Politicisation of justice25 October 2018
Thethe Supreme Court Chamber which is to judge the case against the leaders of the October 1 referendum confirms the conclusion of the summary trial […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial6 December 2018
Half a thousand people take to the streets to protest the demonstration organised by VOX in Girona’s Plaça U d’Octubre for the Spanish Constitution holiday. […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly19 February 2019
The Mossos d’Esquadra arrest Marcel Vivet, a young independence activist from Badalona, on charges of crimes of public disturbance, attacking authority and causing minor injuries […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly21 February 2019
The Chamber High Court of Justice of Catalonia is established to try the former members of the Bureau of the Parliament of Catalonia Lluís Corominas, […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justice27 February 2019
Eulàlia Reguant, CUP city councillor in Barcelona Town Hall, and Antonio Baños, former CUP member of the Parliament of Catalonia, had been summoned to testify […]
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Politicisation of justice27 March 2019
The Prosecutor’s Office of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia files a complaint against the president of the Government of Catalonia, Quim Torra, in […]
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Central Electoral BoardJudicial vetoes of elected officialsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly28 April 2019
PSOE wins by simple majority and for the first time VOX wins representation in the Spanish Parliament with 24 seats. ERC wins 15 seats in […]
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Prison regimeRight to political representation10 May 2019
VOX, in its 15 April appeal, had made the same request as the Prosecutor’s Office. The crime of criminal organisation can be punishable by up […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice12 June 2019
The trial in the case against twelve leaders of the 1 October referendum – Oriol Junqueras, Raül Romeva, Jordi Turull, Dolors Bassa, Quim Forn, Josep […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justicePrison regime27 June 2019
Carlos Ramos, the investigating judge in the yellow ribbon case against the presidentof the Government of Catalonia, Quim Torra, decides to prosecute him for a […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly24 September 2019
After the failed investiture of Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) as president of the Spanish government in July, the Spanish legislature is dissolved and new general elections […]
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Prison regime10 November 2019
The PSOE, led by Pedro Sánchez, wins by a simple majority with almost twice as many seats as Pablo Casado’s PP (123 and 66, respectively). […]
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Prison regime17 December 2019
In accordance with Spanish laws on parliamentary immunity, the Ninth Examining Magistrate’s Court of Barcelona refers the proceedings against Laura Borràs, a member of Congress […]
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Politicisation of justice19 December 2019
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia convicts Quim Torra of a crime of disobedience and sentences him to one and a half years of […]
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Central Electoral BoardJudicial vetoes of elected officialsRights to free expression and assembly23 December 2019
PP, Ciudadanos and VOX ask the Central Electoral Board to strip Oriol Junqueras of his seat in the European Parliament in light of the Supreme […]
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Central Electoral BoardRight to political representation3 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 January 2020
The Central Electoral Board rules in favour of the PP, Ciudadanos and VOX and declares that Oriol Junqueras has lost his status as MEP as […]
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Central Electoral BoardRight to political representation7 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, […]
13 January 2020
At the beginning of the first plenary session of the year, the president of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, officially announces that Carles Puigdemont and […]
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Politicisation of justice23 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 assembly13 February 2020
During the plenary session of the European Parliament, it is announced that Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of the […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice19 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 justice11 November 2020
The representatives of PSOE, PP and VOX on the Bureau argue that the Civil Guard acted as judicial police. A few days later, Marlaska states […]
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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 […]
16 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 trial12 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 representation20 May 2021
The Mossos d’Esquadra arrest seven anti-fascist demonstrators for alleged crimes of public disturbance and an attack on the enforcement officers at a VOX event held […]
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Rights 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. […]
16 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 assembly22 June 2021
The pardons are granted under the condition that those sentenced to prison (Junqueras, Romeva, Turull, Bassa, Forn, Rull, Forcadell, Sànchez and Cuixart) do not commit […]
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Politicisation 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 justice29 September 2021
Three years after the ‘Holi’ demonstration organised to protest against the Jusapol union’s tribute to the acts of violence committed by the Spanish police on […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly21 October 2021
The agreement consists in the renewal of four members of the Constitutional Court, the twelve members of the Court of Auditors, the Ombudsman and the […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial25 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 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 justice29 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 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 assembly7 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 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 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 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 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 assembly20 October 2022
On 6 December 2018, VOX decided to mark the Spanish Constitution holiday in Girona’s Plaça U d’Octubre. The Mossos d’Esquadra cracked down on the protest […]
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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 representation13 June 2023
After Llarena dismissed the appeals against the amending of the indictment issued by the investigating judge in the case against the 1 October referendum leaders […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly5 July 2023
Puigdemont, Comín and Ponsatí had appealed the European Parliament’s decision of 9 March 2021 that waived their immunity, as per the request of investigating judge […]
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European Arrest Warrants9 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 assembly16 November 2023
Four months after the general elections, Pedro Sánchez sworns in as President of the Spanish government by absolute majority in the first round of votes. […]