118 posts in 2020 during 2020 - Present: Impasse in the independence movement
2 January 2020
Following the ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union establishing that MEP status and the immunity that comes with it are acquired […]
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European Arrest Warrants3 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 representation6 January 2020
The European Parliament issues a notification citing the 19 December ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which established that MEP status […]
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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, […]
9 January 2020
The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court announces its decision regarding the application of the Court of Justice of the EU’s 19 December ruling, which […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to political representation10 January 2020
Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of the 1 October referendum, rules on Carles Puigdemont and Antoni Comín’s appeal the […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice10 January 2020
The European Parliament announces that it no longer considers Oriol Junqueras a member of European Parliament, with effect from 3 January. The day before, the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to political representation13 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 justice15 January 2020
The Constitutional Court finally rejects the appeal that Carles Puigdemont, Jordi Turull, Jordi Sànchez and the rest of the JxCat members ofParliament had brought against […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsPrison regimeRight to political representation15 January 2020
The Constitutional Court rejects the appeals presented by Jordi Sànchez and Carme Forcadell (dismissed on 15 January), Raül Romeva (dismissed on 13 February), and Jordi […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtPrison regimeRight to political representation16 January 2020
Lledoners prison grants a first prison leave to Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart, the leaders of the 1 October referendum who have been in in […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime20 January 2020
The hearings in the trial against the leadersof the Mossos d’Esquadra in connection with the events of 20 September and 1 October were initially scheduled […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly23 January 2020
The Central Electoral Board announces the five new members of European Parliament elected in the Spanish state who will take their seats on 1 February […]
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Central Electoral BoardEuropean Arrest WarrantsRight to political representation23 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 assembly27 January 2020
The president of Parliament, Roger Torrent, refuses to submit to a vote of the Bureau a document presented by JxCat revoking the instructions issued by […]
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Central Electoral BoardJudicial vetoes of elected officialsRight to political representationRights to free expression and assembly28 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 Court28 January 2020
The Plenary Session of the Constitutional Court upholds the March 2018 decision of Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation28 January 2020
The Court of Auditors orders a provisional settlement in the preliminary investigation into the Government of Catalonia’s accounting liability in relation to the costs of […]
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Court of Auditors30 January 2020
Despite the Court of Justice of the EU’s 19 December ruling establishing that MEP status is acquired when the election results are announced, the Central […]
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Central Electoral BoardRight to political representation31 January 2020
The European Parliament issues a statement indicating that it ‘takes note’ of the election of the five members of European Parliament from the Spanish state […]
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European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice31 January 2020
A court in Vilanova i la Geltrú acquits actor Toni Albà of the crime of gross slander against the State Security Forces and Corps (the […]
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Rights 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 assembly4 February 2020
During proceedings in the case of the 1 October 2017 police charges in Barcelona, under investigation at the Seventh Examining Magistrate’s Court of Barcelona, the […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly5 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 assembly6 February 2020
Lledoners prison approves the application of the flexible penitentiary regime, provided for in Article 100.2 of the Penitentiary Regulations, to Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart. […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime7 February 2020
On 28 January it dismissed Oriol Junqueras’s appeal against the decision of Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of the […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtPrison regimeRight to political representation9 February 2020
Jordi Sànchez, Jordi Turull, Joaquim Forn i Josep Rull had started a hunger strike to protest against the blocking, since this prevented them to resort […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtPrison regime11 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 Court11 February 2020
The Constitutional Court finally rejects the appeal that Carles Puigdemont and the other JxCat members of Parliament had presented against the refusal of Pablo Llarena, […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtPrison regimeRight to political representation13 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 justice18 February 2020
The Prosecutor’s Office files a complaint against the head of President Carles Puigdemont’s office, accusing him of embezzlement of public funds for acting as an […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's Office19 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 trial25 February 2020
The appeal, presented in relation to the case against the leaders of the 1 October referendum and before Junqueras, Turull, Romeva, Rull and Sànchez were […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation27 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 justice3 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 trial4 March 2020
The Supreme Court dismisses the appeal filed by the Catalan Media Corporation (CCMA) against the Central Electoral Board’s decisions urging the Provincial Electoral Board of […]
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Central Electoral BoardRights to free expression and assembly4 March 2020
The prisoners have submitted appeals for protection asking for the verdict to be declared null and void, arguing that their fundamental rights, such as the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly5 March 2020
The Edinburgh Sheriff Court, in contrast to Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of the 1 October referendum, finds that […]
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European Arrest Warrants11 March 2020
The Provincial Court of Barcelona has sentenced a young CDR member to one year and nine months in prison for the unrest during the meeting […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly14 March 2020
Faced with the wave of coronavirus infections, the Spanish government orders a state of emergency and activates a series of measures to limit the spread […]
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Violation of autonomy20 March 2020
Between 13 and 20 March, Junqueras, Forcadell and Romeva present appeals for protection before the Constitutional Court in relation to the ruling against the independence […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly31 March 2020
The Supreme Court issues a press release stating that if the Treatment Boards of the prisons where the 1 October prisoners are being held allow […]
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Politicisation of justicePrison regime21 April 2020
The Brussels court of first instance before which Puigdemont, Ponsatí, Comín, Puig and Serret filed a complaint against Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the […]
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Right to a fair trial6 May 2020
The court accepts for consideration the appeal against the Supreme Court ruling presented by Turull, Bassa, Rull, Forn, Forcadell, Sànchez, Cuixart, Borràs and Mundó. The […]
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Prison regimeRight to a fair trial2 June 2020
In a letter addressed to the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez; the president of Congress, Meritxell Batet; the Prosecutor General; the president of […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly8 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 assembly8 June 2020
The Prosecutor’s Office presents its final conclusions, in which it downgrades the charges against the Mossos d’Esquadra police major, Josep Lluís Trapero; the former chief […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's Office10 June 2020
The Prosecutor’s Office is calling for three years in prison for Josep Rosas Creu and two other demonstrators who were arrested on 30 January 2018 […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly12 June 2020
The motion is being carried out within the framework of the case opened at the Eighth Examining Magistrate’s Court of Manresa for the alleged crimes […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly15 June 2020
The trial against the Vilanova-born Josant was set to be held on 16 June but has finally been postponed following the repercussions of the pandemic […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly15 June 2020
The Supreme Court rejects the motion filed by the Intersindical Valenciana, thus obliging the Valencian administration to officially communicate in Spanish with the Catalan and […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly22 June 2020
The plenary session of the Constitutional Court declares some of the articles of the Catalan Tax Code law (Llei del Codi Tributari de Catalunya) to […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court25 June 2020
The two agents are accused of the crime of concealment for accompanying the president into exile on his journey by car to Belgium from Finland, […]
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European Arrest WarrantsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's Office30 June 2020
The National High Court has released four new people with charges and without precautionary measures, investigated for their involvement in a supposed terrorist organisation, in […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly30 June 2020
The young men Ibrahim Afkir and Charaf Fadlaoui are charged with the alleged crimes of public disturbance, attacking authority, injuries and causing damages, as a […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regimeRights to free expression and assembly1 July 2020
The person charged was arrested in Ciutadella Park on 30 January 2018 during the demonstration held in support of the investiture of Carles Puigdemont. The […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly2 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 assembly2 July 2020
The Court has released, pending sentencing, the young men Ibrahim Afkir and Charaf Fadlaoui who were being held in Puig de les Basses, accused of […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime2 July 2020
The Supreme Court sentenced them to between 8 and a half years and 9 and a half years in prison for the crimes of causinginjury, […]
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Politicisation of justicePrison regime6 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 assembly10 July 2020
The first vice-president of the Bureau of the CatalanParliament, Josep Costa, together with the secretary of the Bureau, Eusebi Campdepadrós, of the JxCat party, have […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court13 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 justice14 July 2020
Following the proposal by the Lledoners Penitentiary Centre, the Catalan Government approves the third degree status for the political prisoners held there (Sànchez, Cuixart, Junqueras, […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime15 July 2020
Four agents of the Mobile Brigade of the Mossos d’Esquadra testify before Barcelona’s Examining Magistrate’s Court no. 25 in relation to the alleged crimes of […]
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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 assembly21 July 2020
The Plenary Session of the Constitutional Court unanimously endorses the decision of the Bureau of the Congress of Deputies of 24 May 2019 to suspend […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation22 July 2020
The decision will not have an immediate effect on Forcadell, as she already benefits from the third degree status of detention (day-release privileges), which already […]
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Prison regime7 August 2020
The tribunal of first instance of Brussels deems that the examining magistrate in the 1 October case, Pablo Llarena, lacks the jurisdiction to issue the […]
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European Arrest Warrants10 August 2020
The Secretary-General of Parliament, Xavier Muro, instructs that the resolutions passed by the plenary session on the monarchy be published without the parts that he […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court23 August 2020
The proceedings, which were initiated following the information that Ciudadanos had sent to the Prosecutor’s Office in 2019, investigate the expenditure of 168,000 euros, partly […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's Office3 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 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 assembly15 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 assembly18 September 2020
The Second Examining Magistrate’s Court of Sabadell admits the accusation of Jordi Ros, member of the CDR detained within the framework of Operation Judas, against […]
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Prison regimeRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly21 September 2020
The Second Criminal Court of Manresa has started the trial against the former ERC councillor of Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Jordi Pesarrodona, for the crime […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly23 September 2020
The Constitutional Court partially upholds the Spanish Government’s appeal against the ’Strategic foreign affairs plan and relations with the European Union 2019-2022,’ annulling some sections […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtViolation of autonomy28 September 2020
The former councillor has been disqualified from holding any public office or position and fined 2,100 euros for the crime of disobedience for impeding the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly28 September 2020
The oral hearing of the trial of CDR activist Tamara Carrasco for the crime of incitement to public disturbance is being held at the Criminal […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation 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 assembly5 October 2020
The conflict dates back to 1936, when the Government of Catalonia saved the mural paintings during the Civil War and, after that, they are exhibited […]
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Politicisation of justiceViolation of autonomy6 October 2020
The Criminal Court of Barcelona no. 25 acquits the CDR activist Tamara Carrasco. In its ruling, the court criticizes the lack of solidity of the […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly10 October 2020
The three demonstrators arrested during the demonstrations in front of Parliament in support of the investiture of Carles Puigdemont, on 30 January 2018, testify before […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights 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 assembly20 October 2020
The National High Court issues a verdict in the case against the head of the Mossos for his actions on 20 September and 1 October […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's Office23 October 2020
The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court dismisses the appeal presented by Carles Puigdemont and Antoni Comín against the decision of the investigating magistrate of […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial28 October 2020
The arrests are carried out within the framework of investigating proceedings commenced in 2016 by judge Joaquín Aguirre, from Investigating Court number 1 from Barcelona, […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly28 October 2020
According to information published in La Directa, the Mossos d’Esquadra and the Centre for Telecommunications and Information Technologies of the Catalan Government (CTTI) are supposedly […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly29 October 2020
The Russian Embassy in Madrid, via Twitter, has mocked the operation led by the judge Aguirre, dubbed ’Operation Volhov’by the Civil Guard, by publishing a […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly2 November 2020
Internal discussions of ERC leaders on political strategy are leaked to El Confidencial. JxCat and ERC denounce that the Volhov Case is a political espionage […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly2 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 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 representation6 November 2020
The Provincial Court of Madrid begins the first session of the trial against the young people Dani Gallardo and Elsa Vikki for the alleged crimes […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly9 November 2020
Madí argues that the Civil Guard and the judge Joaquín Aguirre authorised the interception of his mobile phone without having ‘a single objective and concrete […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly9 November 2020
The ERC claims that they have no connection with the incidents investigated in the operation and that, therefore, they merely serve the purpose of discrediting […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly11 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 assembly13 November 2020
For a whole year, the Prosecutor’s Office expressed its reluctance on the police surveillance on the grounds that those under investigation were not part of […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly16 November 2020
The First Criminal Court of Figueres has initiated the trial against the mayoress of Roses, Montserrat Mindan, for the alleged crime of disobedience for allowing […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice