"The UN special rapporteur for minority issues expressed concerns about the restrictions and criminal charges against #Catalan politicians and civil society activists involved in the October 2017 “referendum.”
1/5 "He agreed with conclusions of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention that the extended detentions and subsequent convictions of @jordisanchezp and @jcuixart, the two civil society activists convicted in the case, as well as the other..."
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.@KRLS Puigdemont: Threat to Catalan MEPs’ immunity means ‘Europe has a problem’

In interview, ex-president of Catalonia charged with sedition says ‘borders are not from God.’

Open thread "The legal travails of the #Catalan MEPs led to EU court rulings regarding election rules after Madrid tried unsuccessfully to block them from taking their seats in Parliament.
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I'm reading through a document on #ECHR guidelines. Nothing to do, though, with the right to a fair trial (Article 6 ECHR)... where the violations preventing #FreeCatalanPoliticalPrisoners leave you punchdrunk. Just one article after another by #Spain, violated!
1/5 This is the "Guide on Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Right to liberty and security".

I'm still reeling. This is worse. It has to do with "arbitrary detention" on which the #UN #WGAD issued a severe Opinion ... that Spain pissed on.

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