Reactions

01/10/17

Intermon Oxfam: “In front of a peaceful mobilization on the side of Catalan citizenship, the explicit use of violence during the day is rejectable and constitutes a severe infringement of fundamental rights.”

02/10/17

Liberties: “The available video footage seems to show that power abuse and excessive use of force by police against peaceful demonstrators may have been widespread”

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02/10/17

Roger Gale – Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: “it has become clear that considerable and in some cases excessive violence was used”

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02/10/17

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: “Police responses must at all times be proportionate and necessary.”

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03/10/17

Amnesty International: “there is a great deal of information available showing that police officers used excessive and disproportionate force”

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04/10/17

UN Human Rights Experts: “We urge the Spanish authorities to fully respect fundamental human rights”

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04/10/17

Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of Council of Europe: “The Spanish authorities should ensure that swift, independent and effective investigations are carried out.”

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04/10/17

World Organization Against Torture: “OMCT condemns indiscriminate and excessive use of force in Catalonia”

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10/10/17

Twenty-four Nobel Peace Prize winners call for “mediation and negotiation” between Catalonia and Spain

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12/10/17

Human Rights Watch: “Police Used Excessive Force in Catalonia”

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18/10/17

Amnesty International: “Amnesty International calls on Spanish authorities to drop the charges of sedition and to put an immediate end to their pre-trial detention.”

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25/10/17

Alfred M. de Zayas, UN independent expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order: “Calling on Spanish authorities to enter into negotiations in good faith with leaders in Catalonia following the announcement that the Spanish Government would suspend the region’s autonomy.”

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3/11/17

Amnesty International:  “Keeping Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart in pre-trial detention is a step in the wrong direction”

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22/12/17

ELEN calls on the Spanish State to free all Catalan political prisoners immediately.

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06/02/18

Amnesty International: “The extension of the pre-trial detention of Jordi Sànchez is excessive and disproportionate”

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07/03/18

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, on Spain “I remind the authorities that pre-trial detention should be considered a measure of last resort”

Foto: Fabrice Coffrini AFP

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06/04/18

David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression: “I am concerned that charges of rebellion for acts that do not involve violence or incitement to violence may interfere with rights of public protest.” 

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10/5/18

Amnesty International: “Authorities should take steps to ensure effective investigations into cases of abuse of force.”

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08/08/18

PEN International calls on Spanish authorities to drop the charges of sedition and rebellion against them and to put an immediate end to their pre-trial detention.

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28/9/18

Amnesty International: “The Prosecutor’s Office, after one year, has not applied for any investigative diligence to clarify possible abuses.”

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15/10/18

Amnesty International: “Their continued detention constitutes a disproportionate restriction on their rights to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly.”

Photo: Manu Fernandez /AP

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22/11/18

World Organization Against Torture: “End the arbitrary pre-trial detention of social leader Mr. Jordi Cuixart”

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23/11/18

Front Line Defenders: Immediately drop all charges against and release Jordi Cuixart

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03/12/18

International Association of Democratic Lawyers: “IADL rejects and condemns the repressive action undertaken by the Spanish government against some pro-independence figures in Catalonia.”

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01/02/2019

EuroMed Rights and FIDH press release announcing their observation mission to trial

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06/02/2019

Statement of Civil Liberties Union for Europe announcing member organisation Antigone will take part in the observation of the trial

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11/02/2019

Statement of FIACAT (Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture)

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12/02/19

Federation of Organisations for Global Justice: To make observation difficult, against transparency and democracy

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12/02/19

International Commission of Jurists: Trial of Catalonian leaders imperils human rights

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09/02/2019

Statement of European Democratic Lawyers (AED-EDL) announcing their observation mission to the trial

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08/03/19

Statement of the Dutch section of the International Commission of Jurists

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09/10/19

Observation report of FIDH and Euromed

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Reactions after the judgement

14/10/19

IRAI: “Considers that the judgement violates the fundamental rights of the accused”

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14/10/19

 Antigone and CILD: “Today’s sentence (…) seems to confirm precisely this political use of criminal law with penalties that are disproportionate compared to the facts.”

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16/10/19

Giuristi Democratici: “The decision of the Spanish Supreme Court condemning some Catalan pro independence political leaders to several years in prison constitutes a reprehensible dark page in the history of the rule of law.”

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17/10/19

ELEN: “The Spanish Supreme Court’s ruling against the Catalan political prisoners is a disgrace for Spain, for Europe, for democracy, as well as undermining fundamental rights.”

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17/10/19

Erabakizaleak: “We understand that the Supreme Court through its Judgment of 14/10/2019 (…) has made a real coup d’etat, usurping by way of fact the legislative power of the state that constitutionally corresponds to the Cortes Generales, cancelling thus the separation of powers.”

18/10/19

ELDH: “The ELDH condemns the sentences of between 9 and 13 years imprisonment imposed by the Spanish Supreme Court”

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19/11/19

Amnesty International: “Amnesty International expresses concerns about the definition of the crime of sedition in Spanish law and the Court’s interpretation of this crime”

Photo: © REUTERS/Albert Gea

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23/11/19

Comunicat d’AED sobre la sentència del Tribunal Suprem espanyol sobre el cas del referèndum català

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13/05/20

Amnesty International: “Given the admission by the Constitutional Court of the appeals for protection of those convicted of the process, Amnesty International has submitted to the different parties a technical report based on international law”

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