Catalonia is located in the north-east of the Spanish territory and has a status of autonomy within the Spanish constitutional set up. Following a rejection by the Spanish High Courts of a new Statute of Autonomy voted by referendum in 2006, the Catalan electorate gave majority to pro-independence parties seeking a referendum on Catalonia’s status as a country. Said referendum, held on October...
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has found that the Spanish government and judiciary violated the political rights of the leaders of the Catalan self-determination movement following the referendum...
A recent report by Citizens lab - a digital rights research group based at the University of Toronto, in collaboration with Catalan civil society groups, confirms at least 63 Catalans targeted or infected...
The European Citizen's Initiative (ECI) was established in 2007 with the Treaty of Lisbon under Article 11 paragraph 4 of the Treaty of the European Union (TEU) and Article 25 of the Treaty on the Functioning...
Below is a press release by ANC Spain’s Supreme Court has confirmed the decision of the Spanish Superior Court of Justice in Catalonia to oust Catalan President Quim Torra for having hung a banner...
Below is an article by Reuters BARCELONA (Reuters) - Wearing face masks, thousands of Catalans on Friday staged dozens of small protests calling for the region’s independence from Spain despite...
The ANC was represented at the UNPO General Assembly by its President Elisenda Paluzie, who outlined the main issues facing the ANC in its struggle for Catalan self-determination. According to Elisenda,...
The UNPO promotes the importance of self-determination as a fundamental human right. Often misunderstood, the right to self-determination is at the heart of true implementation of all other human...
Catalonia First up was the representative from the ANC, Elisenda Paluzie, who discussed the role of the ANC in promoting Catalonia’s right to self-determination and how their organisation has effectively...
UNPO General Assembly 2020 New Members Introductions and Election 31 July 2020 | 12h450 - 14h00 Central European Time Live Stream on UNPO's Facebook Page Since the last General Assembly,...
Professor Torbisco commented on Spain’s human rights records over the last six years, noting that the issues around civil and political rights are systemic rather than transitory. According to her,...
The event will count with the participation of the following speakers:Clare Daly, Member of the European Parliament for Ireland (GUE-NGL)Ralph Bunche, Lawyer and Secretary General of Unrepresented Nations...
Below is an article published by The Guardian One of Catalonia’s most senior politicians has been warned his mobile phone was targeted using spyware its makers say is only sold to governments to...
Below is an article by Jonathan Parker for London School of Economics (LSE) For three European states in particular, the Covid-19 pandemic has served to catalyse pre-existing territorial disputes...
Below is an article written by Neus Torbisco Casals, Nico Krisch, and Ralph Bunche, published by La Vanguardia. See also: Tweet by @KRLS Carles Puigdemont. (Photo: Emilio Naranjo / EFE) Fa dos anys, Dolors...
Below is an article by El Pais Hours before Spain's Congress is due to vote on the fourth extension of the state of alarm declared in the country under the coronavirus crisis, and...
Below is an article by El Nacional Spanish minister of health Salvador Illa announced this Monday that his government's plan for gradual release of lockdown is to be based on the territorial...
Below is an article by El Nacional Stupefaction reigns supreme in the Spanish state in the face of the unstoppable advance of the coronavirus pandemic. Fernando Simón, the...
Below is an article from the New York Times Spain passed a grim milestone on Friday when it became the second European country to report over 1,000 coronavirus deaths, a mark that Italy passed a week...
Below is an update by Catalan News Several shipments with thousands of masks being delivered to Catalan health centers have been halted by Spain's authorities. This is what the cabinet in Barcelona denounced...
Catalonia has been marked by street violence ever since the judgment and sentencing of the nine leaders of Catalan independence movement earlier this week. This has been grimly predictable in light...
Today’s conviction is a clear violation of the exercise of freedom of expression, association and assembly, not only for the leaders but for the Catalan people as a whole. (Read our Joint...
Below is an article published by CatalanNews: Nine pro-independence activists were arrested on Monday morning [23 September 2019] by Spain’s Guardia Civil police. They were accused of supposedly...
Below is an article published by euobserver: Present and former members of the Catalan government called on citizens on Wednesday (11 September [2019]) to participate in the mass demonstrations in Barcelona...
Below is an article published by The National: European Parliament President David Sassoli is to send the body’s views on the parliamentary immunity of a jailed Catalan political leader to the European...
Last weekend, on Saturday July 6th and Sunday July 7th, the UNPO and the Assemblea Nacional Catalana (ANC) jointly organized an “International Advocacy Training” for members of the ANC’s...
The article below was published by VilaWeb English The European Court of Justice, based in Luxembourg, has accepted the procedure only four hours after the lawyer of exiled president Carles Puigdemont...
Below is an article published by VilaWeb: A group of 76 outgoing and incoming MEPs have called on the European Parliament’s bureau to “recognise and protect the political rights”...
The article below was published by The Irish Times: Pro-independence activists plan to assemble giant TV screens in town squares across Catalonia so that locals can follow events taking place several...
Below is an article published by The National: Catalan President Quim Torra has called for the immediate release of independence leaders currently [June 2019] on trial in Madrid after...
Below is an article published by The National: Five Catalan political prisoners who won seats in last month’s election were cheered yesterday as they arrived amid tight security from prison...
STATISTICS Population: 7,543,825 (2018) Area: 32,108km² Capital City: Barcelona Languages: Catalan (daily use for 36.29%, knowledge by 95.12%), Spanish UNPO...
Below is an article published by The National: Quoting the Council of Europe's Declaration on Higher Education and Democratic Culture: Citizenship, Human Rights and Civic Responsibility (Strasbourg...
The article below was published by BBC News The ruling also applies to two other Catalan politicians - Toni Comín and Clara Ponsatí. All three fled Spain in 2017, when Madrid moved to thwart...
The article below (in French) was published by RTBF.be: Ils sont cinq, partis de Cervera de la Marenda, dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, pour se rendre à Waterloo. C’est...
Article published by El Nacional Some sixty Portuguese politicians and intellectuals have signed a manifesto under the title "For democracy and freedoms in Catalonia", published in the newspaper Público....
Below is an article of The National: Draped in a pro-independence Estelada flag with a large yellow ribbon attached to a suit, the effigy was paraded through the streets of Coripe, Seville,...
Below is an article of The National: Draped in a pro-independence Estelada flag with a large yellow ribbon attached to a suit, the effigy was paraded through the streets of Coripe, Seville,...
Article published by the Gulf Times There will be no independence for Catalonia, nor a referendum on the question if the socialists are returned to power, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez...
The article below was published by Reuters A Barcelona court on Tuesday charged 30 people with misuse of public funds over Catalonia’s 2017 independence referendum, a move that may...
The article below was published by El Nacional Forty-one French senators from different political groups have issued a call for the respect of fundamental rights and freedoms in Catalonia....
The article below was published by Euronews Ex-Catalonia chief Carles Puigdemont, currently in self-exile in Belgium, announced on Sunday that he is running in the upcoming European elections. Puigdemont,...
This article was published by the Guardian: The trial of 12 Catalan separatist leaders in Madrid is of “paramount importance to Spain’s reputation as a modern democracy”, the Spanish...
The article below was published by Voa News The trial for 12 defendants, including three who are on bail, will begin Feb. 12 at the Supreme Court in Madrid, a Spanish court official told The Associated...
The article below was published by the Catalan News: Jailed pro-independence leaders Oriol Junqueras and Raül Romeva refuse charges of rebellion, sedition, and misuse of funds, for which they...
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