Human Rights

United Nations Costa takes complaint to UN on Spanish court's pursuit of parliamentary Bureau Alba Solé Ingla

freedom of expression Council of Europe admonishes Spain over jailing of artists and activists Alba Solé Ingla

freedom of expression Spanish rapper Valtònyc could bring to an end Belgium's ancient 'lèse-majesté' law Lluís Bou

freedom of expression Russia shows up EU's Borrell pointing to Barcelona protests for jailed rapper Alba Domingo

freedom of expression Court orders arrest of Catalan rapper Pablo Hasél, barricaded inside campus Gemma Liñán

Political prisoners EU's Borrell calls for release of Navalni; Russia brings up the jailed Catalans Marta Lasalas

European Justice Human Rights Court on insults to royals: "Wider range of criticism must be accepted" ACN / El Nacional

freedom of expression Catalan rapper Pablo Hasél ordered to enter prison within ten days Alba Solé Ingla

Human rights Torrent denounces Spain's "authoritarian drift" to the Council of Europe El Nacional

2021 Catalan elections Catalan ombudsman advises postponing elections to avoid disenfranchisement

Constitutional Court Insults to the Spanish flag are not protected by freedom of expression, rules court Gemma Liñán

Amnesty Law "Let's have a nationwide call for an Amnesty Law", say Catalan groups and parties Marta Lasalas

Spanish Justice Spanish court orders repetition of Otegi's trial, annulled by European justice Nicolas Tomás

Political prisoners Amnesty International: Spanish court ruling "perpetuates injustice" against the Jordis El Nacional

Human rights Spain's restrictive definition of "national minorities": only one group defined El Nacional / ACN

Self-determination EU Parliament refuses to back "self-determination of peoples" as a universal right El Nacional

Political prisoners UN rapporteur sees Spain's failure to release Catalan leaders as "problematic" El Nacional

Independence process ERC to lay international complaints against Spanish Civil Guard operation

Political prisoners New calls from UN and Council of Europe to release Catalan activist Jordi Cuixart El Nacional

Coronavirus ANC asks Von der Leyen to protect the rights of Spain's Catalan minority El Nacional

European Parliament Puigdemont calls on Europe to address human rights abuses in Spain Marta Lasalas

European Parliament Puigdemont's question to the first European leader to defend Catalan independence

Catalan National Day 2,850 empty chairs: the Catalan protest symbolizing the absence of liberty Jordi Palmer

police repression Josep Borrell has "no moral authority" to speak about Belarus, says Puigdemont

Spanish Supreme Court Two years later, Spanish court finally obeys European justice ruling on Otegi case Nicolas Tomás

Spain's dirty war Spain's internal espionage denounced: "never before seen in democratic Europe" Alba Solé Ingla

Political prisoners World anti-torture body says Catalan pair's jail sentences should be annulled Gemma Liñán

Political prisoners Spain ignores Amnesty's call for release of Jordis: "We can't just open the cells" Carlota Camps

Political prisoners Amnesty says it again: Spain should release Cuixart and Sànchez immediately Gemma Liñán

Political prisoners PEN International rebukes Spain and calls for the release of the Jordis Carlota Camps

Editorial The UN humiliates Spain (letting it off lightly) José Antich

Human rights Spain, examined by the UN on fundamental freedoms and police violence Marta Lasalas

Human rights Forty organisations denounce the "violation of human rights" in Spain El Nacional

Editorial New slap on the wrist for Spain José Antich

Human rights Council of Europe calls out Spain in report on restrictions on right to peaceful assembly El Nacional

Police Spanish police, judges, politicians reported to the Hague over 2017 Catalan referendum Cèlia Forment i Bori

Independence trial Amnesty International: Catalan trial's "dangerous interpretation" of law "threatens rights" El Nacional

Human rights Spanish NGO warns the UN: Spain's criminal code penalises peaceful social protest El Nacional / ACN

Catalan trial verdicts 131 injured, including one eye and one testicle lost: first day of sentence protests in Catalonia Gemma Liñán

Catalan trial verdicts International Commission of Jurists: Catalan trial verdicts "violate human rights" El Nacional

Independence trial ANC brings subject of Catalan prisoners to Europe's largest human rights conference El Nacional

Political prisoners Spain silent as UN Human Rights Council hears report on arbitrary detentions Alba Solé Ingla

opinion The rights of minorities

Francoism UN to rule whether Spain should investigate Franco regime's crimes El Nacional

Human Rights Lawyers' associations criticise Spain's human rights record to the UN El Nacional

Catalan Trial International observers’ final report, questioning Catalan trial, to go to UN Gemma Liñán

political prisoners Emmerson to Pedro Sánchez: "You can't shrug off your political responsibilities" Alba Solé Ingla

political prisoners Emmerson: "Spain is acting like a rogue state", telling "deliberate lies" to UN Jordi Palmer