Human rights defenders have taken the case of Catalonia to the UN to reveal Spain's repressive attitude to the issue. This Monday March 19th, the United Nations headquarters in Geneva has been the stage for a conference on the regression of human rights in Spain, organised by the Catalan Institute of Human Rights and other associations which work in the area.
Attendees at the event included Catalan president Carles Puigdemont (JxCat, Together for Catalonia), former CUP (Candidacy of Popular Unity) deputy Anna Gabriel and MEP Jordi Solé (ERC, Catalonia's Republican Left), showing an image of unity of the independence movement in the face of the violation of human rights in Catalonia.
The panel included Martín Pallín, a former Supreme Court judge; Michael Hamilton, senior lecturer in public protest law at the University of East Anglia (UK); Rafael Ribó, Catalonia's ombudsman; lawyer Anaïs Franquesa; and Margalida Capellà, professor of international public law at the University of the Balearic Islands. It also featured emotional testimony from Laura Masvidal, wife of Joaquim Forn, and a presentation from the president of the Institute of Human Rights of Catalonia, David Bondia.
The event also included a showing of some of the chilling images of police violence recorded during last year's independence referendum, shaking some of the attendees, as they described during the question period after the speeches.
Attendees at the event included Catalan president Carles Puigdemont (JxCat, Together for Catalonia), former CUP (Candidacy of Popular Unity) deputy Anna Gabriel and MEP Jordi Solé (ERC, Catalonia's Republican Left), showing an image of unity of the independence movement in the face of the violation of human rights in Catalonia.
The panel included Martín Pallín, a former Supreme Court judge; Michael Hamilton, senior lecturer in public protest law at the University of East Anglia (UK); Rafael Ribó, Catalonia's ombudsman; lawyer Anaïs Franquesa; and Margalida Capellà, professor of international public law at the University of the Balearic Islands. It also featured emotional testimony from Laura Masvidal, wife of Joaquim Forn, and a presentation from the president of the Institute of Human Rights of Catalonia, David Bondia.
The event also included a showing of some of the chilling images of police violence recorded during last year's independence referendum, shaking some of the attendees, as they described during the question period after the speeches.
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