Wired

Leaked Government Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption

In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country’s officials said it is “imperative that we have access to the data”.

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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”

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The Catalan National Assembly denounces Spain’s boycott of the European Parliament Pegasus Committee and asks them to meet with victims of civil society

The letter addressed to the Pegasus Inquiry Committee of the European Parliament denounces the Spanish authorities’ attempts to prevent and hinder the fact-finding trip to Spain and call the members …

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El Nacional

PSOE, PP, Cs and Vox want to remove Catalangate references from EU report on Pegasus

Spanish political parties PSOE, the PP, Cs and Vox are all presenting amendments to the European Parliament’s draft report on Pegasus espionage to remove references to the 65 Catalans with links to the …

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El Nacional

Spain’s double standard on infrastructure: Mediterranean vs Atlantic corridor

Despite the delays in completing the Mediterranean corridor, the state now plans to develop the Atlantic plan in parallel

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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

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El Nacional

Spain’s dirty war against independentism, on full display in ‘Kitchen Case’ WhatsApps

Interior ministry official asked police to make “a lot of noise” in search of the Pujol family

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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 …

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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 …

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UNPO

Catalonia : UNPO Welcomes UN Special Rapporteurs Joint Allegation Letter Sent to Spanish Government on Use of Pegasus Spyware Against Catalan Activists

The United Nations Special Rapporteurs have called to the Spanish Government to clarify and explain its actions for the deployment of Pegasus spyware against Catalan civil society actors. The Joint Allegation …

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