Vilaweb
The UN rules against Spain for violating the political rights of Carles Puigdemont
The Committee on Human Rights condemns the suspension of Carles Puigdemont as MP and argues it contravenes “the essence of democratic goverance”
Vilaweb
CIRSD
Catalan independence – article by Vicent Partal
The crisis between Spain and Catalonia is not new, as there has been a political and institutional conflict between the two nations since at least the eighteenth century. During this …
The European Pegasus Committee criticises there were no court orders for most of the Catalan espionage victims and that national security has been used to avoid disclosing information
The Pegasus Inquiry Committee of the European Parliament has denounced that there is no evidence of judicial proceedings against the majority of the Catalan espionage victims, in a press conference …
El Nacional
Spain fails to comply with UN resolution on rights of Catalan political prisoners
Asked by the UN to take measures to avoid repeat violations of rights, the Spanish government said that no action was needed
Liberties EU
Liberties Rule of Law Report 2023 – Spain
This country report is part of the Liberties Rule of Law Report 2023, which is the fourth annual report on the state of rule of law in the European Union …
El Nacional
European Commission: “National security” claims don’t give carte blanche to state espionage
EU commissioner answers the Catalan MEPs questions, noting that the EC is “closely following” the Pegasus inquiry committee
Iridia
Statement on police infiltration in social movements in recent years in Barcelona
88 organisations declare their support for the five activists bringing legal action over the infiltration of social and labour movements by a police officer from the Spanish National Police Corps in …
OHCHR
Spain: UN experts demand investigation into alleged spying programme targeting Catalan leaders
GENEVA (2 February 2023) – Spanish authorities must thoroughly investigate reports that Pegasus and Candiru spyware was used to target Catalan public figures and activists in Spain following the independence …
The European Court of Justice rules that judicial authorities may refuse to execute a European arrest warrant on the basis of deficiencies affecting the judicial protection of an “objectively identifiable group of persons”
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) has ruled that European arrest warrants can only be rejected when there is proof of a systematic failure of the judicial system or if …
Huge success of the unitary pro-independence protest against the French-Spanish summit in Barcelona
The unitary pro-independence protest, jointly organised by the Catalan National Assembly, Òmnium Cultural and Consell per la República the day of the French-Spanish summit in Barcelona has been a huge …