Assemblies in Defence of Catalan Institutions (ADIC) - Press Release, 20 May 2018

PRESS RELEASE

For immediate release

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REPORT by Human Rights organisations ON THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ (May 20 2018)

The Spanish government issued a statement today stating that the decree appointing the ministers that form the Government of the Generalitat will not be published in the Official Journal of the Generalitat de Catalunya (DOGC) and that it would study its feasibility, despite the fact that all the members of the Government enjoy their full political rights. The Spanish government retains the application of Article 155, which was to be withdrawn as soon as there was a government in Catalonia, in the total and absolute absence of legal basis.

That is why today various groups of jurists have issued the following statement:

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FIRST CATALAN CONFERENCE IN DEFENCE OF THE RULE OF LAW. CONCLUSIONS

English translation of this entry:
https://www.fundaciocatalunya.cat/ca/premsa/conclusions_del_primer_congres_catala_en_defensa_de_lestat_de_dret/72/

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"Brussels shuts the door", by Joan Queralt

Here is an English translation of an article written by Prof. Joan J. Queralt on the recently snubbed efforts by Spanish courts to have Catalan Ministers Comín, Serret and Puig extradited from Belgium. The English translation is by M.S.

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Quim Torra's investiture speech (12 May 2018) in English

This is an unofficial English translation, by M.M. and M.S., of candidate Quim Torra's investiture speech on Saturday May 12, 2018.

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What many Catalans find offensive (Rafael Pous)

My translation of a thread of tweets by Rafael @Pous (I hope he doesn't mind!):

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Nuria Coe: The Five Biggest Lies of Spanish Unionism (1 MAY 2018)

The Five Biggest Lies that Spanish Unionism uses against Catalan Independence. Article from VilaWeb. Núria Coe has offered the English translation.

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The doubts that Belgian courts convey to Llarena on the handing over of Sr. Puig and Sra. Serret

This is an English translation (I hope they don't mind!) of an article published on  http://www.ccma.cat/324/els-dubtes-que-la-justicia-belga-planteja-a-llarena-per-a-lentrega-de-puig-i-serret/noticia/2854436/.

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Interview with former MP Mireia Boya: 'Llarena got angry and asked me if I wanted to be charged with rebellion'

A former CUP MP has told the media about her latest encounter with Supreme court judge Llarena.

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Remarks on Spain's reinforced offensive in Germany

These remarks by XSR have been translated into English.

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33 Catalan judges...

In February 2014 33 Catalan judges published a manifesto defending the legitimacy of Catalonia's right of self-determination. They were subjected to a witch-hunt, took the case to court where it was eventually dismissed.

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Enviem al diputat Mikko Kärnä 10.000 postals

En aquest post hi ha la nota de premsa en anglès, i una traducció al català, emès pel diputat finès Mikko Kärnä.

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REPORT by Parliamentary Delegation, October 1 2017

Statement by the International Parliamentary Delegation on Catalonia’s Referendum on Self-Determination Oct. 1st 2017

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Yellow (ribbons, tee-shirts, crosses...)

17 October 2017: L'Assemblea Nacional Catalana ha fet una crida aquest dimarts a dur un llaç groc com a gest de suport amb Jordi Sànchez i Jordi Cuixart, empresonats ahir per l'Audiència Nacional. L'entitat ho ha dit a través de Twitter, hores abans de la manifestació convocada al passeig de Gràcia amb Diagonal, a Barcelona.

https://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/140682/crida/anc/dur/llac/groc/suport/sanchez/cuixart

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24 "bulos" o falsas noticias entorno del proceso de independencia en Cataluña

Ha habido por lo menos 24 "bulos" o noticias sospechosas entorno del proceso de independencia en Cataluña en los últimos mesos (se dejan al lado anteriores bulos, como el falso cartel de las fiestas de Solsona, que luego se supo que había sido hecho y difundido por un unionista). 

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Institut d'ensenyament secundari "El Palau" de Sant Andreu de la Barca

There has been a particularly serious case of political persecution of Catalan teachers, for allegedly singling out the children of Spanish policemen attending the school, following the 1 October police brutality during the referendum on independence.
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Brunswick and the Cámara de Comercio de España contract

The Chamber of Commerce of Spain hires an international campaign against the Catalan independence movement...

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The three phases of democratic conflicts, and the Spain-Catalonia clash

Translated by M. Strubell into English from "Les tres fases dels conflictes democràtics i el xoc Espanya-Catalunya".

http://in.directe.cat/josep-pinyol/blog/les-tres-fases-dels-conflictes-democratics-i-el-xoc-espanya-catalunya

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TEXT: Judge Llarena refuses Jordi Sanchez bail (12/4/2018)

This is, in its original Spanish, the text of the court ruling issued by judge Pablo Llarena denying Jordi Sànchez MP the right to attend the Catalan Parliament as candidate to the presidency of Catalonia. (54 pp.)

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TEXT: Letter by Catalan Parliament Speaker Roger Torrent to Judge Llarena (EN) (March/April 2018)

From the Rt. Hon. Speaker of the Parliament of Catalonia, Roger Torrent, to the Supreme Court  investigating judge Pablo Llarena. 

Your Most Excellent Sir,

I am informing you that I have nominated Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol MP as a candidate to be invested as president of the Generalitat of Catalunya, and that I have convened the investiture debate for Friday, April 13, at 10 o'clock in the morning. I enclose a copy of the resolutions.

Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol is a member of the Parliament of Catalonia and is in custody, but precautionary measures cannot be used to limit the legitimate exercise of his political rights.

Preventive custody cannot entail the deprivation of the right to passive suffrage, which necessarily includes the right to be elected president of the Generalitat of Catalonia if a parliamentary majority so decides.

The Human Rights Committee of the United Nations has made a statement to that effect in its recent resolution of March 23, 2018, in which it grants the Deputy Jordi Sànchez the precautionary measures requested in his claim dated March 21, 2018. In that claim, Jordi Sànchez reports a violation of article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, having been denied the right to attend an investiture debate.

The granting of precautionary measures by the United Nations Human Rights Committee places an obligation on all the powers of the State to ensure results, and requires the necessary mechanisms to be put in place so that Jordi Sànchez MP can submit his candidacy in the investiture debate.

Should the Supreme Court, as the State power affected by the Human Rights Committee, not comply with this resolution, irreparable damage to the political rights of Jordi Sànchez MP would result, and the Spanish State would be breaching its international commitments which, in accordance with articles 10.2 and 96 of the Spanish Constitution, also have to be guaranteed by the judiciary.

I am sure that you will take the necessary measures so that Jordi Sànchez MP can submit his candidacy in the investiture debate convened for Friday, April 13, in the Parliament of Catalonia, and I would like to send you a warm greeting.

Yours faithfully,