Yesterday, neighbours of Meridiana (one of the main avenues in Barcelona) were celebrating that for 30 days in a row they have been demonstrating every night to demand the release of the Catalan Political Prisoners. They did that with music and the “Diables” or the devils... one of the main Catalan traditions. Some “Diables” were charged some weeks ago of holding materials to build explosives and therefore terrorism.

Clara Ponsati was finally declaring yesterday on the alleged charges of sedition... his lawyer explained it well...

International Trial Watch, an association supported by 31 organizations and 533 jurists in 23 countries presented their Assessment of the Spanish Supreme Court Judgement today:

- “I cannot understand how the exercise of demonstration can be charged with sedition and imprisonment between 9 and 13 years. Clearly this judgment is unfair and violates rights”
- “Art. 9 ECHR on freedom of thought includes the right to peaceful assembly. The judgement is a violation of this right as it condemns peaceful demonstrations with prison”
Mireille Jordan, lawyer from Belgium and AED.

- “One of the main violations, both formal and material, was carried out during the evidence. The right to contradict during cross examination was in practice denied”
- “The facts had no effect outside of Catalonia, so they should have been tried in Catalonia. By judging them in the Supreme Court, the right to a double instance was denied. This affects the right to a fair trial” said Robert Sabata.

FULL REPORT
(EN): https://internationaltrialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/POSICIONAMIENTO_SENTENCIA_12112019-ingles-carta.pdf
(ES) :https://internationaltrialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/POSICIONAMIENTO_SENTENCIA_12112019-espan%CC%83ol.pdf