El Nacional
Spain’s repression in Catalonia inspires dictatorships, concludes UNPO report
New international report finds that Spain’s human rights violations in Catalonia since 2017 have served as a model for others.
El Nacional
The Catalan National Assembly organizes the release in NY of a report on tools of repression used to silence self-determination movements
The Catalan National Assembly has co-hosted the release of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization’s (UNPO) report on the tools of repression that authoritarian states use against human rights defenders. …
A delegation of the Catalan National Assembly visits the Unites States to internationalize Catalonia’s struggle for independence
Representatives of the Catalan National Assembly will be this week in New York and Washington DC to take part in the release of a new report on Spain’s tools of …
UNHRC
Spain violated former Catalan Parliament leaders’ political rights, UN Human Rights Committee finds
The UN Human Rights Committee has found that Spain violated the political rights of former Catalan Government and Parliament members by suspending them from public duties prior to a conviction following …
Communiqué on the false dialogue between the Spanish and Catalan governments
The Assembly denounces that the pretended dialogue that the Catalan government exhibits is only a pantomime to get the home rule crumbs that the Spanish government of Prime Minister Pedro …
The New Yorker
How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens
The parliament of Catalonia, the autonomous region in Spain, sits on the edge of Barcelona’s Old City, in the remains of a fortified citadel constructed by King Philip V to …
Catalan News
Hundreds attend Meridiana Resisteix pro-independence protest, defying ban
Undeterred by a lack of authorization to gather and a heavy police presence, hundreds of pro-independence protesters cut off traffic on Barcelona’s Avinguda Meridiana on Saturday evening, far more than those usually …
Three Catalan civil society organizations bring 37 new charges against Spanish police officers in the independence referendum case in Barcelona
The Catalan National Assembly, Òmnium Cultural and Irídia have presented a new expert report which identifies more than 450 illegal acts during the October 1st, 2017 self-determination referendum. The Catalan …
Catalan News
Ex-parliament speaker indicted for allowing chamber to vote on independence and monarchy
Catalonia’s High Court has indicted former parliament speaker and current business minister Roger Torrent as well as three ex-parliament bureau members for allowing votes on resolutions on independence as well as the …
Vilaweb
Spanish Court claims €4.5 million from former DIPLOCAT head
Spain’s Court of Auditors estimates, provisionally, that it could seek to claim €4.55 million for alleged irregular spending at DIPLOCAT between 2013 and 2017. DIPLOCAT is an autonomous public-private consortium …