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19 de set. 2017

Black September

Scroll down past letters to see September TIMELINE of attacks on fundamental rights and freedoms in Catalonia in run-up to referendum that the Spanish government has avowed to avert "whatever the cost". Chronology

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1.
Letter by Independent Expert on the preservation of a democratic and equitable international order to the Spanish Representative (30 January 2017)


2.
Report on the political situation and the violation of fundamental rights in Catalonia (March 2017): 
http://www.elpuntavui.cat/elements/docs/2017/Drets.-REPORT-Vulneraci-drets-fonamentals.pdf

3.
Letter by three MEPs to Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament (September 2017):

   


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Timeline

June 23, 2017:  "Catalonia’s Challenge to Spain". "The best outcome for Spain would be to permit the referendum, and for Catalan voters to reject independence...". By the NYT Editorial Board.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/opinion/catalonias-challenge-to-spain.html



Map of police action:


"CATALONIA’S LEGITIMATE RIGHT TO DECIDE. PATHS TO SELF-DETERMINATION". By NICOLAS LEVRAT, Professor at the University of Geneva, coordinator of the Report, SANDRINA ANTUNES, Professor at the Universidade do Minho, GUILLAUME TUSSEAU, Professor at Sciences Po, Paris, PAUL WILLIAMS, Professor at American University in Washington, DC. 162 pp. http://exteriors.gencat.cat/web/.content/00_ACTUALITAT/notes_context/FULL-REPORT-Catalonias-legitimate-right-to-decide.pdf


September 7 2017: "Spain's constitutional court suspends Catalan referendum law". "Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish prime minister, vowed earlier on Thursday to “stop at nothing” to prevent Catalonia’s independence referendum, as his attorney general prepared to prosecute Catalan leaders. In a blistering address, Mr Rajoy accused Catalonia's parliament of an “intolerable act of disobedience” in passing its referendum law, insisting it had violated the Spanish constitution. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/07/catalonias-independence-referendum-intolerable-act-disobedience/

September 7 2017: "Referendum Catalogna, la reazione di Madrid: denunce e perquisizioni. Consulta sospende decreto di convocazione". "Il presidente Puigdemont ha chiesto ufficialmente ai sindaci di tutti i comuni catalani di confermare la disponibilità dei seggi usati abitualmente per le elezioni, i primi cittadini hanno 48 ore di tempo."

September 10 2017: "Guardia Civil raid Valls weekly amid public jeers."

September 11 2017: "Hundreds of thousands gather to mark Catalan national day. Marches held ahead of referendum on break from Spain that could throw country into crisis."

September 14 2017: "US states publicly that they “will work with whatever government or entity that comes out” of the referendum." http://catalanmonitor.com/2017/09/14/the-us-state-publicly-that-they-will-work-with-whatever-government-or-entity-that-comes-out-of-the-referendum/ 

September 15 2017: "Vent de panique à Madrid". "Difficile de concevoir une stratégie plus absurde que celle du gouvernement espagnol face aux indépendantistes catalans..." http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2017/09/15/vent-de-panique-a-madrid

September 15 2017: "Catalonia asks Spain for dialogue as independence struggle intensifies".


September 16 2017: "Catalonia referendum: Spain sends ARMED POLICE to hunt for ballot boxes to BLOCK vote". "ARMED police in Catalonia are on the hunt for voting papers, ballot boxes and leaflets as part of a desperate Spanish government bid to quash the upcoming independence referendum." "Madrid has also summoned over 700 Catalan mayors to question their support for the referendum." "Spanish state prosecutors have ordered all police, including the Catalan police force (the Mossos d'Esquadra), to act."
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/854987/Catalonia-referendum-2017-Spain-Catalan-independence-vote-police-raid-search

September 16 2017: "'We will vote' say 700 Catalan mayors in referendum protest". "More than 700 Catalan mayors who face arrest over their support of an independence referendum banned by Madrid protested in Barcelona on Saturday to shouts of "we will vote." Brandishing their maces, the mayors sang "Els Segadors," the official hymn of the northeastern region, whose separatist executive is preparing to hold a referendum on October 1 in defiance of Madrid."
http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2017/sep/16/we-will-vote-say-700-catalan-mayors-in-referendum-protest-1658275.html

September 17 2017: "Spanish postal service warns staff not to handle Catalan referendum material. ‘We remind workers that you cannot collaborate administratively’ with the referendum, postal service states." http://www.politico.eu/article/spanish-postal-service-warns-staff-not-to-handle-catalan-referendum-material/ 

September 18 2017: "Catalogna: 1400 scienziati appoggiano referendum". "La magistratura spagnola ha denunciato il presidente catalano Carles Puigdmeont e il suo governo - rischiano condanne fino a 8 anni di carcere - come pure 712 sindaci che appoggiano il referendum e ordinato il sequestro di tutto il materiale elettorale." 
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/it/notizie/rubriche/politica/2017/09/18/catalogna-1400-scienziati-appoggiano-referendum_5e1f1aca-6bd0-43d0-940f-87554ad08ed4.html


Spanish Officials Crank Up Pressure on Catalan Breakaway Bid - The ...

https://www.nytimes.com/.../ap-eu-spain-catalonia.html?
Fa 5 dies - Catalonia's regional police force is under orders to arrest the mayors if they refuse ... updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services.

Independent Catalonia Would Need to Apply to Join EU - Juncker ...

https://www.nytimes.com/.../14reuters-spain-politics-eu.html
Fa 4 dies - BRUSSELS — An independent Catalonia would have to apply to join the European Union, the president of the executive European Commission said on ...

Catalonia Refuses to Send Weekly Accounts to Madrid Before ...

https://www.nytimes.com/.../14reuters-spain-politics-catalonia...
Fa 4 dies - Catalonia will stop sending weekly financial accounts to Madrid, defying a demand by Spain's central government that the region prove it is not using public ...

Spain's Prosecutor Warns Over Catalonia Referendum as Leaflets ...

https://www.nytimes.com/.../17reuters-spain-politics-catalonia...
Fa 1 dia - BARCELONA — Spanish authorities on Sunday pursued efforts to block an independence vote in Catalonia, seizing campaign materials as the chief prosecutor ...

The Latest: 'Yes' Campaign for Catalan Secession Kicks Off - The New ...

https://www.nytimes.com/.../ap-eu-spain-catalonia-the-latest.html
Fa 4 dies - The Latest on Catalonia's independence referendum and the Spanish ... occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services.

Catalans Begin Campaigning for Independence Referendum - The ...

https://www.nytimes.com/.../ap-eu-spain-catalonia.html?
Fa 4 dies - Political tension in Spain mounted Thursday as Catalonia's president opened the. ... updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services.

Spain's Court Deals New Blow to Catalan Independence Vote - The ...

https://www.nytimes.com/.../ap-eu-spain-catalonia.html
Fa 6 dies - MADRID — Spanish media are reporting that the country's top court has preventively suspended the law that was meant to become Catalonia's transitional ...

The Latest: Prime Minister Won't Negotiate on Referendum - The New ...

https://www.nytimes.com/.../ap-eu-spain-catalonia-the-latest.html
Fa 3 dies - The Latest on the independence bid for Spain's northeastern Catalonia region (all ... updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services.

Police in Catalonia Hunt for Hidden Ballot Boxes in Bid to Foil ...

https://www.nytimes.com/.../16reuters-spain-politics-catalonia...
Fa 2 dies - Police in Catalonia Hunt for Hidden Ballot Boxes in Bid to Foil Referendum ... updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. ... over a regional government or send in the police to force Catalonia to drop the vote, ...

700 Catalan Mayors Back Holding Independence Vote - The New ...

https://www.nytimes.com/.../ap-eu-spain-catalonia.html?...0
Fa 2 dies - BARCELONA, Spain — More than 700 mayors from Catalonia are meeting in Barcelona in a show of strength amid pressure from Spain's central government ...


September 18 2017 :  
The Spanish Congress rejected a motion to declare "its support to the Government, the Constitutional Court, the Public Prosecutor's Office and all public authorities of the State in defence of democratic legality in Catalonia, and in particular, all those measures that are necessary and adopted in a proportional way, in order to prevent the organization of the referendum on secession in Catalonia."

September 20: D-Day!

September 21: 2017: 
Detienen a independentistas
El gobierno español arrestó a altos cargos del gobierno catalán
“No daremos un paso atrás porque vamos a sostener el derecho de los ciudadanos a defender su futuro” dijo el presidente catalán, Carles Puigdemont. El golpe policial tuvo lugar a diez días del referéndum.


September 23: 2017
The public prosecutor's version of 20S! 
Widespread suspicion this was all staged in the hope of being able to say this was a violent uprising, rebellion, sedition...
 Why did Spanish police not park in the Department garage? Why were the cars not guarded?
Why were they not locked?
Why were weapons left inside them (And recovered!)?
She were Catalan police not forewarned about the raid(s)?
Tec.
https://amp.elmundo.es/cataluna/2017/09/23/59c5684c268e3e4b758b4594.html 



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