2020 - Present: Impasse in the independence movement

Hundreds of demonstrations protesting the arrest of Hasél are called throughout the country

Hundreds of demonstrations in protest against the arrest of Hasél are called throughout the country. The demonstrations took place in Barcelona, Lleida, Tarragona and a […]

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Breaches:

Prison regimeRights to free expression and assembly

The pro-independence demonstration on the National Day of Catalonia is back

The demonstration, under the slogan ‘Let’s fight and win independence,’ brings together 108,000 people according to the City Police and 400,000 according to the ANC. […]

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Charles Andrew Pittman, arrested during after a protest against the 1 October referendum judgment, is acquitted

The Urban Guard in Barcelona arrested Charles Andrew Pittman in the course of 18 October 2019 general strike, while he was near a demonstration, looking […]

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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regimeRights to free expression and assembly

Ernest Legaz, the activist detained in the protest camp set up after the judgement of 1 October, is sentenced to 1 year and 10 months in prison

Legaz is convicted on charges of attacking the authority and causing injuries after an agent of the City Police denounced him for punching during the […]

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Breaches:

Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly

The pro-independence demonstration for the Diada, the Catalan national holiday, takes place. This year, the slogan is ‘Tornem-hi per vèncer: independència’ (We’re back to win. Independence)

The demonstration runs from Avinguda del Paral·lel to the Estació de França train station in Barcelona. The Guàrdia Urbana puts the number of demonstrators at […]

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