Front Line Defenders

Human rights defender in pre-trial detention for over a year

Since October 2017, Jordi Cuixart has been in pre-trial detention, facing up to 25 years of prison on charges of “rebellion”. The allegations were brought against him in connection to …

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Council of Europe

Commissioner urges Spain to ensure that the Law on Citizens’ Safety upholds the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly

In a letter addressed to the Presidents of the Congress and the Senate of Spain published today, Commissioner Mijatović urges the Parliament to ensure that the review of the Law …

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World Organisation Against Torture

Spain: Open Letter: End the arbitrary pre-trial detention of social leader Mr. Jordi Cuixart

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), the largest network of NGOs fighting against torture, summary executions, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and providing …

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BreakingNews.ie

Pep Guardiola calls for democracy to settle Catalonia independence debate

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has called for democracy to triumph and let the people of Catalonia decide whether they want independence.

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Catalan News

Puigdemont and Ai Weiwei condemn EU’s ‘double standards’ on Catalonia

In a debate in Brussels, former president Puigdemont calls Spain’s attitude “authoritarian,” while Chinese dissident calls for human rights to be “defended

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The National

People’s Party ‘will control’ trials of Catalan leaders

A senior Spanish politician was forced to back-pedal yesterday after he said in a leaked social media message that the People’s Party (PP) would “control from behind the scenes” the …

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Foreign Affairs

Spain Digs Up Its Past

Franco died. Francoism didn’t.

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Catalan News

Court chamber trying pro-independence leaders ‘controlled’ by PP, show leaked chats

Spain’s People’s Party (PP) will “control from the behind the scenes” the trial prosecuting Catalan leaders for organizing a referendum on independence, according to leaked chats from the party’s spokesperson …

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Daily Mirror

Pep Guardiola in prison visit to meet Catalan pro-independence leaders

The Manchester City boss used the international break to meet the jailed leaders at Lledoners Prison just outside Barcelona.

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The Assemblea Denounces the Political Bias of an Event Organized by the Spanish Cultural Institution, the Instituto Cervantes, in Frankfurt

ANC Deutschland has denounced the Instituto Cervantes, a Spanish public organization funded with public money, for holding a political event in Frankfurt-am-Main. The event next Friday, 16 November, will take …

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