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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 2d

⬛️⬜️ #OnThisDay, #Taiwan celebrates its National Day 🇹🇼 — a tribute to the island’s enduring struggle for freedom, democracy, and self-determination.
From #Catalonia, we share the commitment that people should decide their own future.

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 2d

⬛️⬜️ @assembleacat.bsky.social board member Ariadna Heinz sends a clear message for OSCE participants to act:
“Spain’s judicial repression undermines not only Catalonia’s rights but the credibility of Europe’s democratic framework.” #WHDC2025 youtu.be/vJ8fn4QpomU

Statement of Assemblea board member Ariadna Heinz at OSCE's WHDC Session V

YouTube video by Assemblea International

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 2d

⬛️⬜️UN bodies have repeatedly condemned Spain’s actions:
📌 2022: Un Human Rights Committee ruled Spain violated Catalan MPs’ rights.
📌 2023: UN Special Rapporteur denounced Catalangate, the spyware scandal targeting 65 Catalan leaders, lawyers and journalists.
#WHDC2025

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 2d

⬛️⬜️The 2024 Amnesty Law, meant to redress these injustices, is being selectively applied:
✅Police officers benefit from it.
❌Peaceful citizens and pro-independence leaders do not.
This double standard undermines democracy and the rule of law. #WHDC2025

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 2d

⬛️⬜️In today's session of the OSCE #WHDC2025, Ariadna Heinz warned that Spain’s judiciary is deeply politicised — a fact repeatedly criticised by the UN Human Rights Committee & @coe.int.
“Since 2017, over 4,000 Catalans — teachers, mayors, activists — have faced prosecution for political reasons.”

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 3d

⬛️⬜️#OnThisDay we celebrate the National Day of the Valencian Country — a day to honour its rich language, culture, and identity rooted in the Catalan-speaking lands.
Now Valencian heritage is threatened under the ruling ultra-conservative government. We must keep protesting!

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 3d

⬛️⬜️ ANC participation in the Warsaw OSCE session reaffirms @assembleacat.bsky.social's mission:
- To internationalise Catalonia’s struggle for self-determination
- To expose Spain’s ongoing human rights violations
- To defend democracy and justice through peaceful civic action

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 3d

⬛️⬜️ @assembleacat.bsky.social board member Ariadna Heinz reports, Spain continues to weaponise anti-terrorism laws to silence dissent:
“Rapper Pablo Hasél has spent nearly 5 years in prison for his lyrics and tweets, while others face terrorism charges for peaceful activism.”

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 3d

⬛️⬜️ The defence of democracy starts with truth and accountability. As long as rights are violated in Catalonia, we will continue to speak up — in Geneva, Brussels, and Warsaw.

Follow us live here:
🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwuNcpYfLao

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 3d

⬛️⬜️Board member Ariadna Heinz denounces the disproportionate police violence in 2017 #indyref:
“Over 1,000 peaceful voters were injured. Yet 97% of the police officers accused of violence have been amnestied, while almost half of the prosecuted activists remain criminalised.”

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 3d

⬛️⬜️As the OSCE marks the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, this year’s conference is of particular significance. It brings together civil society and states to discuss human rights, democracy and the rule of law across 57 participating countries.

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 3d

⬛️⬜️ @assembleacat.bsky.social is participating once again to denounce Spain’s:
- Ongoing violations of fundamental rights
- Lack of judicial independence
- Political persecution of Catalan activists and leaders

🌍We bring Catalonia’s voice to the international stage.

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 5d

⬛️⬜️ #OnThisDay in 1950, China invaded Tibet, beginning decades of occupation, cultural repression and human rights abuse.
@assembleacat.bsky.social expresses solidarity with the Tibetan people and their ongoing struggle for freedom, self-determination and the preservation of their identity.

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 5d

⬛️⬜️The international work of @assembleacat.bsky.social is key to keeping Catalonia’s cause alive on the global stage.
From the UN to the OSCE, we build alliances with stateless nations and defend Catalonia’s right to self-determination.
Persistence is resistance.
www.racocatala.cat/opinio/artic...

La lluita internacional de l’ANC

És molt important que entre tots comencem a jubilar el clima de desesperança i rebentisme que -de forma tan subtil com clara- potencien els partidaris del 155 i els sobiraniafòbics de torn. Aquests...

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 6d

⬛️⬜️Cristòfol Soler, president of the Balearic Government (1995-1996): “In the event of a conflict between the principle of territorial integrity and the human right to self-determination, the latter prevails.”

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 6d

⬛️⬜️ Quim Torra i Pla 131st President of Catalonia: “With the extraordinary result of the 1-O independence referendum and current support at 40-45%, it is incomprehensible that the #proindy parties do not have as an absolute priority to propose a radical programme for independence.”

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 6d

⬛️⬜️Josep Lluís Albinyana, president of the Valencian Country Council (1978-1979) spoke of Spain as a "failed state", and asserted that: “The Catalan Countries exist because we are a reality, not a chimera”.

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 6d

⬛️⬜️🗣 @assembleacat.bsky.social President Lluís Llach introduced the meeting of the three presidents with an important reminder: “we must remember the experiences of the past if we want to be able to build a future project for the Catalan Countries”.

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 6d

⬛️⬜️In commemoration of the historic day of 3-O 2017, @assembleacat.bsky.social brought together 3 presidents of the Catalan Countries in Barcelona, where they analysed the political and social situations of the three territories and brainstormed ways to renew the pro-independence movement.

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 6d

⬛️⬜️ #OnThisDay in 1934, Catalan President Lluís Companys proclaimed the Catalan State.
The response was repression: Spanish authorities killed dozens and sent the Catalan government to jail.
91 years later, the struggle for #independence continues.
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Projectes | Memòria Nacional

Memòria Nacional: Història de l'independentisme Català.

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 11d

⬛️⬜️Today, we renew our resolve for Catalonia's self-determination. We are the masters of our own destiny and we will not forego it.

Only Independence will make us free.

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 11d

⬛️⬜️Let us remind to the world: #1oct2017 was never just about this one day. It marked a turning point in the relationship between our people and a state unwilling to accept that democracy means allowing the people to democratically determine their future.
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UNPO and ANC Submission to the Human Rights Committee: Developments in Catalonia under the ICCPR -

The UNPO, in collaboration with the ANC, has submitted to the Human Rights Committee for its 144th session a report on the implementation of the International

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 11d

⬛️⬜️ Experts called for accountability measures, more effective enforcement of prior recommendations, and protection for protesters, lawyers, journalists and political leaders.
Their repression persists — so does our determination.
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UN Human Rights Committee Highlights Ongoing Violations Against Catalans in Spain - Assemblea Nacional Catalana

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has recently published its final observations and recommendations to the Kingdom of Spain following its review of Spain’s implementation of the International ...

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 11d

⬛️⬜️Eight years later, those struggles haven’t faded. In 2025, UN Human Rights Committee reviewing Spain’s compliance with the ICCPR flagged ongoing violations tied to Catalonia: excessive police violence, legal restrictions on speech, and mass surveillance targeting dissidents.

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Assemblea International @assembleaint.bsky.social · 11d

⬛️⬜️What followed wasn’t democracy. Spain’s response was violence, legal persecution, and a determined campaign to criminalise and suppress dissent. That day was not just a vote — it was a statement: We will decide our future.

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