Thread by @assemblea_int

◼️◻️ After the International call to protect the rights of prosecuted #Catalan civic and political leaders, #Spain is positioning agents in @UN and @EUroparl_en decision-making boards, directly putting in danger the protection of human rights.

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#StandUpForCatalonia

◼️◻️ Another new member of the @UN #HumanRights committee is #China, recently tarnished by the #Uyghur concentration camps scandal. Digital gag laws, political persecution and police abuses are also in #Spain's track record.

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#StandUpForCatalonia

https://twitter.com/assemblea_int/status/1189471168853622785

◼️◻️ In 2017, @UN experts Annalisa Ciampi, @leilanifarha, @Alfreddezayas & José A. Guevara, urged #Spain to stop police violence against #Catalan #indyref voters, while @davidakaye advised not to persecute political figures.

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#StandUpForCatalonia
ohchr.org/en/newsevents/…

◼️◻️ In April 2018, @UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression @davidakaye, alerted about the #Spanish political prosecution of #Catalonia's civic and political leaders.

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#StandUpForCatalonia
ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/…

◼️◻️ In December 2018, SR on Human Rights Defenders @forstmichel denounced the persecution of #Catalan civil society leaders @jordialapreso & @jordicuixart for having organized peaceful demonstrations.

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#StandUpForCatalonia

https://twitter.com/ForstMichel/status/1075057307199963137

◼️◻️ The @UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions denounced in 2019 the #humanrights violations committed by #Spain against #Catalonia's civic & political leaders, both during their arrest and over 2 years of pre-trial detention.

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#StandUpForCatalonia

https://mobile.twitter.com/assemblea_int/status/1152247101860012032

◼️◻️ Last January, #Spain underwent the @UN Universal Periodic Review, in which over 30 countries alerted of an alarming number of civil and political rights violations in the last few years. 👇

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#StandUpForCatalonia

https://twitter.com/assemblea_int/status/1221746288372396032

◼️◻️ In March, @UN Special rapporteur on Minority Issues, @fernanddev, denounced #Spain's attacks against the #Catalan minority, criminalizing peaceful civil disobedience & the rights to freedom of expression & peaceful assembly.

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#StandUpForCatalonia

https://twitter.com/assemblea_int/status/1238078173759393792

◼️◻️ As a civil society organization, @assemblea's compromise to keep denouncing #Spain's #humanrights violations against the #Catalan minority stays strong, especially in the #COVID19 crisis, which will sadly further endanger these rights.

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#StayAtHome #StandUpForCatalonia