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”
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”
02/10/17
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: “Police responses must at all times be proportionate and necessary.”
03/10/17
Amnesty International: “there is a great deal of information available showing that police officers used excessive and disproportionate force”
04/10/17
UN Human Rights Experts: “We urge the Spanish authorities to fully respect fundamental human rights”
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.”
04/10/17
World Organization Against Torture: “OMCT condemns indiscriminate and excessive use of force in Catalonia”
10/10/17
Twenty-four Nobel Peace Prize winners call for “mediation and negotiation” between Catalonia and Spain
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.”
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.”
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
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.”
10/5/18
Amnesty International: “Authorities should take steps to ensure effective investigations into cases of abuse of force.”
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.
28/9/18
Amnesty International: “The Prosecutor’s Office, after one year, has not applied for any investigative diligence to clarify possible abuses.”
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
22/11/18
World Organization Against Torture: “End the arbitrary pre-trial detention of social leader Mr. Jordi Cuixart”
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.”
06/02/2019
Statement of Civil Liberties Union for Europe announcing member organisation Antigone will take part in the observation of the trial
12/02/19
Federation of Organisations for Global Justice: To make observation difficult, against transparency and democracy
12/02/19
International Commission of Jurists: Trial of Catalonian leaders imperils human rights
09/02/2019
Statement of European Democratic Lawyers (AED-EDL) announcing their observation mission to the trial
Reactions after the judgement
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.”
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.”
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.”
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”
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
23/11/19
Comunicat d’AED sobre la sentència del Tribunal Suprem espanyol sobre el cas del referèndum català
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”