92 posts
13 November 2016
The investigating judge of the National High Court Carmen Lamela orders the Civil Guard to arrest eight young people in the municipality of Altsasu (Navarra) […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regimeRight to a fair trial28 June 2017
The Civil Guard interrogates senior officials, civil servants and workers of the government of Catalonia as instructed by the body itself and subpoenas, as part […]
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Politicisation of justice13 July 2017
As part of the case of the Examining Magistrate’s Court No. 13, the Civil Guard appeared at the National Theatre of Catalonia to request the […]
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Politicisation of justice17 July 2017
The official Twitter account of the HIgh Court of Justice of Catalonia publishes a tweet explaining that the proceedings being carried out by the Civil […]
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Politicisation of justice29 July 2017
The Civil Guard had questioned them in relation to the organisation of the referendum. The government of Catalonia denounces them, among other reasons, for having […]
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Politicisation of justice6 September 2017
The Civil Guard deploys a surveillance device in front of a printing press in Constantí (Indugraf Offset), where they suspect that material for the referendum […]
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Politicisation of justice8 September 2017
In the early afternoon, Civil Guard agents, who had surrounded the printing house since the afternoon of 6 September, enter it by order of the […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice9 September 2017
The Civil Guard searches two offices of the weekly ‘El Vallenc’ looking for evidence that it is printing material for the referendum. The search sparked […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice12 September 2017
The High Prosecutor’s Office of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia orders the Civil Guard, the National Police and the Mossos d’Esquadra to pursue […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly13 September 2017
By order of the Examining Magistrate’s Court no. 13 of Barcelona, the agents enter the facilities of the company CDMon, which manages the server of […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly14 September 2017
The garanties.cat website contained information on the Referendum Law. The High Court of Justice of Catalonia also orders the Civil Guard to report on the […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly15 September 2017
On subsequent days, the Civil Guard will also appear at other media such as El Món and Ràdio la Mina to notify them of the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly15 September 2017
In compliance with the order issued by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Catalonia (2/2017), the Civil Guard searches a printing company (Artyplan) based in Sant […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly17 September 2017
The Civil Guard continues the searches in compliance with the order of the Prosecutor’s Office to investigate the organisation of the referendum. On the 17th, […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly19 September 2017
As part of the investigation into the organisation of the referendum, the Civil Guard inspects the headquarters of Unipost in Barcelona, Manresa, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly20 September 2017
By order of the Examining Magistrate’s Court no. 13 of Barcelona, the Civil Guard carries out 41 searches as part of the investigation into the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly20 September 2017
With the start of the searches, thousands of citizens begin to gather at the Civil Guard headquarters, mostly in front of the headquarters of the […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly20 September 2017
Three cruise ships arrive at the ports of Barcelona and Tarragona to house the National Police and the Civil Guard agents sent to Catalonia from […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly22 September 2017
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia, as part of the case against the government for the organisation of the referendum, orders the closure of […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly23 September 2017
At the request of the High Prosecutor’s Office of Catalonia, the Secretary of State for Security, part of the Ministry of the Interior, takes over […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeViolation of autonomy24 September 2017
Based on a report from the Civil Guard, the State Prosecutor’s Office submits a lawsuit for ‘glorification of terrorism’ against the CUP MP Albert Botran, […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly25 September 2017
The paramilitary body censors the organisation’s website and the other domains because of their link with the referendum.
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Rights to free expression and assembly27 September 2017
The request is carried out at the request of the Lleida Public Prosecutor’s Office as part of the investigative proceedings of the mayors of the […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's Office27 September 2017
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia orders the Mossos, National Police and Civil Guard to close public venues to prevent the referendum but ‘without […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly28 September 2017
The Civil Guard searches Events, where they find nothing, and Palibex. In Palibex, they seize 2.5 million ballots and 4 million envelopes. They also find […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly1 October 2017
The day begins with the announcement by the government of Catalonia of the universal census, which allows citizens to vote at any polling station. Many […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly1 October 2017
The Civil Guard arrests three young people from Sant Esteve Sesrovires for alleged crimes of attacking Civil Guard agents and resisting authority, disobedience and threats. […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly19 October 2017
Marc Bosch, mayor of Dosrius (Maresme) and Eduard Garcia, town councillor, provide statements for a crime of serious disobedience and resistance during the 1 October […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly20 October 2017
The Civil Guard interrogates the newspaper El Punt Avui director Xevi Xirgo, as well as acting president of the Catalan Media Corporation (CCMA) Núria Llorach […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly25 October 2017
The Civil Guard has identified the man who threw a chair at a police officer on the 1 October in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Bages. […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly26 October 2017
A young man from Lleida is arrested for the crime of inciting hatred and the disclosure of secrets for allegedly having published comments, information or […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly31 October 2017
Two youngsters from Camarles and Deltebre (Baix Ebre) are arrested for alleged ‘threats’ and ‘slander’ on social media against members of the state security bodies […]
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Court of AuditorsRights to free expression and assembly1 November 2017
The Civil Guard arrests Meritxell Esquerra and Kenneth Batiste from Lleida as part of Operation Dignity, for the alleged crime of inciting hatred following publications […]
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Prison regimeRights to free expression and assembly18 November 2017
The teacher is arrested for alleged crimes of inciting hatred and the disclosure of secrets following the publication on social media of more than a […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly23 November 2017
The mayor of Reus (PDeCAT) and three city councillors (PDeCAT and ERC) appear at a Reus court to give evidence after being investigated for a […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly11 December 2017
The Guardia Civil, via the intervention of Catalonia and the application of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution, and under orders of Íñigo Méndez de […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assemblyViolation of autonomy13 December 2017
The Second Examining Magistrate’s Court of Manresa which has centralised the investigations relating to the 1 October referendum in the Bages region, summons the mayor […]
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Politicisation of justice18 January 2018
Tremp secondary school teacher Manel Riu, investigated under the Operation Dignity campaign, gives evidence before Tremp Examining Magistrate’s Court for alleged crimes of inciting hatred […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly22 February 2018
The Second Examining Magistrate’s Court Manresa, which centralises the investigations related to the 1 Octoer referendum in the region of Bages where Jordi Pesarrodona, ERC […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly27 February 2018
The Civil Guard and the CNI arrest computer activist Joel Muñoz (Xelj on Twitter) at his home on the charges of cyber damage and disclosure […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly1 March 2018
Youngsters from Altsasu ask for the recusal of the magistrate Concepción Espejel because of her affinity with the Civil Guard, given that she is married […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial5 March 2018
The Sixth Examining Magistrate’s Court of Figueres opens proceedings against city Mayor Marta Felip following a report issued by the Civil Guard; and she is […]
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Politicisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional Court15 March 2018
The Thirteenth Examining Magistrate’s Court of Barcelona investigating the case against leaders and former leaders of the Government of Catalonia for organising the 1 October […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justice10 April 2018
At the request of the Prosecutor’s Office,, the National HIgh Court’s examining magistrate orders the arrest of Tamara Carrasco and Adrià Carrasco for the crimes […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regimeRights to free expression and assembly16 April 2018
The events took place during a bar fight involving two off-duty Civil Guard officers and their respective partners. The Prosecutor ‘s Office requests a 62 […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trial16 April 2018
The Second Examining Magistrate’s Court of Manresa provisionally files the case opened against the mayor of Callús Joan Badia, for a crime of disobedience to […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly23 April 2018
The Barcelona Provincial Prosecutor’s Office reports nine teachers from the Institut El Palau secondary school in Sant Andreu de la Barca for alleged hate crimes […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly10 May 2018
The Third and Seventh Examining Magistrate’s Court of Martorell file the case for crimes inciting hatred against five secondary school teachers from Intitut El Palau […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly31 May 2018
This comes as the case is widened in relation to new tweets published between October 2017 and February 2018, which the court considers to indicate […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly1 June 2018
They are sentenced for the crime of causing injury, public disturbances and threats aggravating the situation with abusive language of superiority and hatred given that […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trial6 June 2018
The Fifth Examining Magistrate’s Court of Vilanova i la Geltrú completes the investigation against Toni Albà and sends him to trial for a possible crime […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly3 July 2018
The Provincial Court of Barcelona partially admits the appeal by the Drets lawyers collective against the inadmissibility of the complaint against the Civil Guard for […]
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Politicisation of justice20 July 2018
The Sixth Examining Magistrate’s Court of Figueres opened proceedings against Mayor Marta Felip in March following a report issued by the Civil Guard, and is […]
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Politicisation of justice9 September 2018
The National High Courtis investigating Carrasco for protests organised by the CDRsagainst the imprisonment of some ministers, the president of Parliament Carme Forcadell, and the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly19 September 2018
The judge at Examining Magistrate’s Court no. 13 of Barcelona, Juan Antonio Ramírez Sunyer, finally admits that in July 2017 he was investigating the organisation […]
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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
Last August, the owner of the Sol d’Or restaurant on the seafront in Blanes reported three people, members of the CDRs, for attempting to place […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly18 March 2019
The Second Examining Magistrate’s Court of Manresa, where the investigations into the 1 October referendum in Bages county are concentrated, shelves the case of the […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly10 April 2019
The Second Examining Magistrate’s Court of Girona initiates legal proceedings against three firefighters and two senior officers from the Girona Fire Department, accused by the […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly8 July 2019
The Seventh Examining Magistrate’s Court of Martorell dismisses the three remaining cases against teachers at El Palau secondary school in Sant Andreu de la Barca […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly23 September 2019
Two members of the CDRs are released the same day, while seven others are taken to pre-trial detention at Soto del Real prison in Madrid […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justicePrison regimeRights to free expression and assembly9 October 2019
On the holiday for the patron of the Civil Guard, Our Lady of the Pillar, a couple days before the announcement of the verdict in […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly25 October 2019
The man was accused of a crime of attacking authority for having thrown a chair at a Civil Guard officer during the 1 October referendum […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly29 October 2019
GitHub, a platform owned by Microsoft, blocks access to Tsunami Democràtic’s software following an email sent by the Civil Guard with a court order attached. […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly12 November 2019
The French National Police and Gendarmerie arrest 18 people during the roadblocks lasting more than 30 hours on the AP-7 and A-9 highways at the […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly5 December 2019
Huesca Investigating Court no. 3 sends former Culture Ministers of the Government of Catalonia to trial, for not having followed or obstructed the court order […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceViolation of autonomy12 December 2019
The courts of Blanes begin the trial against a city resident and ERC member accused of a crime of minor coercion for hanging yellow ribbons. […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly31 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 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 assembly28 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 assembly6 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 assembly28 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 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 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 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 assembly4 January 2021
The damages are estimated to amount to 13,427.43 euros. Before going to court, the Town Hall had appealed to the Ministry of Justice, which had […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly15 January 2021
The Second Examining Magistrate’s Court of Girona initiated proceedings in 2019 against three firefighters and two superior offices of the Fire Department of the Parc […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly16 June 2021
The Second Examining Magistrate’s Court of Girona issues an order whereby it prosecutes 27 Spanish police officers and a Civil Guard for crimes of injuries […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly3 September 2021
The Prosecutor’s Office collides once again with the judge and requests the annulment of the ordinance by which the magistrate orders the Civil Guard to […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly29 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 assembly15 October 2021
Marc Bosch, mayor of Dosrius (Maresme), and Eduard Garcia, councillor of the same municipality, provide statements before the Fourth Examining Magistrate’s Court of Mataró where […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly18 March 2022
The Prosecutor’s Office requests these penalties on grounds that the accused committing a crime of public disturbance for allegedly moving two containers to form barricades […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly27 June 2022
The judge of the First Examining Magistrate’s Court of Barcelona Joaquín Aguirre, who is investigating the Volhov Case, summons the head of President Puigdemont’s office […]
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Politicisation of justice19 July 2022
Those injured in the police violence and arrests during the 1 October referendum had presented an appeal for protection following the dismissal of the case […]
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Right to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly7 September 2022
The 2022 State Attorney General Report, Álvaro García Ortiz, classifies the ‘violent’ Catalan independence movement under this subheading, alongside ETA and GRAPO. Therefore, it also […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly10 October 2022
La Directa reports that the police spying began after the 8 November 2017 general strike and continued until the first quarter of 2019. It involved […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly20 November 2022
Òscar Valdés had been working for Ryanair for five days when the Human Resources department informed him that Aena, Spain’s airport operator, had refused to […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly23 November 2022
The Prosecutor’s Office is accusing them of damage, public disturbance, attacking authority, causing injuries, and three counts of causing minor injuries, and is calling for […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly7 March 2023
All dismissals of the cases of 9 teachers but one had been appealed by the Public Prosecutor and the Asociación Española de la Guardia Civil […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly16 June 2023
The Plataforma per la Llengua alleges that when Maria Eugènia Gay (PSC) was the Spanish government delegate in Catalonia, she ignored several administrative reports filed […]
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