Jailed MP requests attendance for his upcoming swearing-in debate
In a petition to the judge, Jordi Sànchez argues that the UN has “urged” Spain to guarantee his “political rights”
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Right to freedom of peaceful assembly ‘must be upheld,’ says public protest law professor
Michael Hamilton has co-edited a collection of essays about the ECHR and spoke at a UN event in Geneva
Catalan independence cause lands in UN’s headquarters
Carles Puigdemont travels to Geneva amid attempts of Spanish prosecutor to arrest him
Human rights court condemns Spain over punishments for burning pictures of king
European body rules that burning images of Spanish monarch is freedom of expression and does not incite hatred
Sànchez to take Spanish judge to human rights court
Parliament speaker to "defend the rights" of jailed MP as candidate for president "until the end"
Pre-trial detention is measure of last resort, says UN Human Rights Commission
High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein also "dismayed by use of violence" during October 1 referendum
Parliament speaker to ask European Court of Human Rights to enable Puigdemont’s bid
Despite being the only nominated candidate, Madrid is challenging the deposed president’s efforts to be reinstated
Imprisonment of Catalan leaders ‘unique situation in Europe,’ says former ad hoc judge for Human Rights court
MEP Renate Weber urges Spain to negotiate with pro-independence parties, stating that judicial means won’t necessarily solve political problems
Catalonia International Social Film Festival receives almost 300 submissions
This represents 89 more films than 2017, coming from 41 countries around the world
Spanish police used “excessive force” in Catalonia, says Human Rights Watch
NGO urges to conduct "effective investigation" with the "involvement of an independent international expert body"
Catalan MPs take plenary suspension to European Court of Human Rights
Members warn the Constitutional Court's decision to prohibit Parliament from meeting "seriously" violates fundamental rights
Council of Europe calls for an investigation into Spain’s police violence on referendum day
The Commissioner for Human Rights states that Spain’s police use of force was "disproportionate" and "unnecessary"
Refugee relocation scheme in EU has failed says Catalan organization
Only 30% of 120,000 asylum seekers have been relocated since 2015, in what Catalan Refugee Aid Commission is calling a "resounding fraud"
UN independent expert on the promotion of democracy urges Juncker to mediate for Catalonia
Alfred-Maurice De Zayas is “concerned” about the “evidence of violations of fundamental principles of human rights and international law, including the rule of law, and self-determination"
Spain’s ‘systematic’ failure to address historical memory denounced at EU-Parliament
On the 80th anniversary of the Guernica Bombing, Spain’s denial of historical justice or reparation of its civil war victims was the focus of a conference at the European Parliament. NGO’s, relatives of Spanish Civil War victims and the Francoist dictatorship, and MEPs called on the European Parliament to help promote “truth, justice, and reparation”. Roger Heredia, co-founder of the DNA bank for civil war victim identification in Catalonia said that “the Spanish State systematically violates human rights” and insisted on the necessity of raising awareness among the European MPs about how Spain ignores reports from both the Human Rights Council and the UN-Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.