Assemblea International
@assembleaint.bsky.social
The international voice of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC)
@assembleacat.bsky.social
We work for a #FreeCatalonia.
Contact us at [email protected]
@assembleacat.bsky.social
We work for a #FreeCatalonia.
Contact us at [email protected]
⬛️⬜️UN Special Rapporteur Nicolas Levrat warns: making Catalan official in the EU won't secure its future.
While the Catalan language deserves recognition, at @assembleacat.bsky.social we believe only an independent #Catalonia can protect it and ensure its survival. www.rac1.cat/societat/202...
While the Catalan language deserves recognition, at @assembleacat.bsky.social we believe only an independent #Catalonia can protect it and ensure its survival. www.rac1.cat/societat/202...
L'ONU avisa que l'oficialitat del català a la Unió Europea no resoldrà el futur de la llengua
L'ONU avisa que l'oficialitat a Europa de llengües minoritàries com el català no resoldrà el seu futur. L'organisme lamenta que no es tingui en compte aque...
www.rac1.cat
January 29, 2026 at 3:07 PM
⬛️⬜️UN Special Rapporteur Nicolas Levrat warns: making Catalan official in the EU won't secure its future.
While the Catalan language deserves recognition, at @assembleacat.bsky.social we believe only an independent #Catalonia can protect it and ensure its survival. www.rac1.cat/societat/202...
While the Catalan language deserves recognition, at @assembleacat.bsky.social we believe only an independent #Catalonia can protect it and ensure its survival. www.rac1.cat/societat/202...
⬛️⬜️Spanish Constitutional Court rejects the request by exiled President @KRLS and Parliament Ministers @toni_comin and @LluisPuigGordi to suspend their arrest warrants, despite the 2024 Amnesty Law.
This is not justice, it is vengeance. www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/tc-...
This is not justice, it is vengeance. www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/tc-...
El TC manté les ordres de detenció de Puigdemont, Comín i Puig mentre examina si se'ls ha d'amnistiar
El TC manté vigents les ordres de detenció del president i consellers i no podran tornar de l'exili perquè no tenen la llibertat assegurada.
www.vilaweb.cat
January 27, 2026 at 3:19 PM
⬛️⬜️Spanish Constitutional Court rejects the request by exiled President @KRLS and Parliament Ministers @toni_comin and @LluisPuigGordi to suspend their arrest warrants, despite the 2024 Amnesty Law.
This is not justice, it is vengeance. www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/tc-...
This is not justice, it is vengeance. www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/tc-...
⬛️⬜️#Onthisday we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Remembering is our duty: to confront denial, to fight antisemitism, racism and hatred, and to ensure that "never again" is more than just words.
Human rights, dignity and justice must always be defended.
Remembering is our duty: to confront denial, to fight antisemitism, racism and hatred, and to ensure that "never again" is more than just words.
Human rights, dignity and justice must always be defended.
January 27, 2026 at 11:03 AM
⬛️⬜️#Onthisday we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Remembering is our duty: to confront denial, to fight antisemitism, racism and hatred, and to ensure that "never again" is more than just words.
Human rights, dignity and justice must always be defended.
Remembering is our duty: to confront denial, to fight antisemitism, racism and hatred, and to ensure that "never again" is more than just words.
Human rights, dignity and justice must always be defended.
⬛️⬜️#Onthisday in 1641, Catalan forces defeated the Spanish army at the Battle of Montjuïc, defending Barcelona and Catalonia’s institutions during the Reapers’ War.
A reminder that Catalonia’s struggle for freedom and self-government has deep historical roots.
A reminder that Catalonia’s struggle for freedom and self-government has deep historical roots.
January 26, 2026 at 3:58 PM
⬛️⬜️#Onthisday in 1641, Catalan forces defeated the Spanish army at the Battle of Montjuïc, defending Barcelona and Catalonia’s institutions during the Reapers’ War.
A reminder that Catalonia’s struggle for freedom and self-government has deep historical roots.
A reminder that Catalonia’s struggle for freedom and self-government has deep historical roots.
⬛️⬜️ On Sunday, @assembleacat.bsky.social International Committee member Conxita Bosch joined the demonstration in Barcelona condemning the massacre of Kurds and standing in solidarity with the people of #Rojava.
📢 We must raise our voices. #Catalonia stands with Kurdistan.
📢 We must raise our voices. #Catalonia stands with Kurdistan.
January 26, 2026 at 11:30 AM
⬛️⬜️ On Sunday, @assembleacat.bsky.social International Committee member Conxita Bosch joined the demonstration in Barcelona condemning the massacre of Kurds and standing in solidarity with the people of #Rojava.
📢 We must raise our voices. #Catalonia stands with Kurdistan.
📢 We must raise our voices. #Catalonia stands with Kurdistan.
⬛️⬜️Against the monarchy, and against a police force that threatens, represses & attacks us.
We will not stop protesting the outrages against pro-independence activists, nor fighting for independence.
🗣 President Lluís Llach , steadfast at the rally in support of Albert Forcades .
We will not stop protesting the outrages against pro-independence activists, nor fighting for independence.
🗣 President Lluís Llach , steadfast at the rally in support of Albert Forcades .
January 23, 2026 at 12:19 PM
⬛️⬜️Against the monarchy, and against a police force that threatens, represses & attacks us.
We will not stop protesting the outrages against pro-independence activists, nor fighting for independence.
🗣 President Lluís Llach , steadfast at the rally in support of Albert Forcades .
We will not stop protesting the outrages against pro-independence activists, nor fighting for independence.
🗣 President Lluís Llach , steadfast at the rally in support of Albert Forcades .
⬛️⬜️3 Catalan independence activists granted amnesty for their role in the 2018 Holi protest against the police union face uncertainty again: the Spanish police have taken the case to the Supreme Court in an attempt to delay justice rather than resolve it.
alerta.cat/lamnistia-pe...
alerta.cat/lamnistia-pe...
L'amnistia per als del Holi recorreguda ara al Tribunal Suprem - Alerta Solidària
Els policies que acusen els independentistes del Holi han presentat un recurs de cassació contra l’amnistia acordada pel Tribunal Superior de Justícia de Catalunya. Un cop més a la desesperada, per sa...
alerta.cat
January 22, 2026 at 3:53 PM
⬛️⬜️3 Catalan independence activists granted amnesty for their role in the 2018 Holi protest against the police union face uncertainty again: the Spanish police have taken the case to the Supreme Court in an attempt to delay justice rather than resolve it.
alerta.cat/lamnistia-pe...
alerta.cat/lamnistia-pe...
⬛️⬜️@assembleacat.bsky.social support for Albert Forcades outside the court where he is under trial, falsely accused by a police officer during the rally against the King in Montserrat on the 23rd of July.
Albert, you are not alone!
We remain firm against the Monarchy and for independence!
Albert, you are not alone!
We remain firm against the Monarchy and for independence!
January 22, 2026 at 2:26 PM
⬛️⬜️@assembleacat.bsky.social support for Albert Forcades outside the court where he is under trial, falsely accused by a police officer during the rally against the King in Montserrat on the 23rd of July.
Albert, you are not alone!
We remain firm against the Monarchy and for independence!
Albert, you are not alone!
We remain firm against the Monarchy and for independence!
⬛️⬜️Syrian President al-Sharaa is dismantling the Kurdish-held administration in northeast Syria, marking a major geopolitical shift & raising deep concerns on Kurdish rights & security.
@assembleacat.bsky.social calls for an end to the massacre of the Kurds in Rojava.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
@assembleacat.bsky.social calls for an end to the massacre of the Kurds in Rojava.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
How Syria's Sharaa captured Kurdish-held areas while keeping the US onside
The Syrian government's rapid takeover of territory long held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces took shape in a string of high-stakes meetings in Damascus, Paris and Iraq earlier this month,...
www.reuters.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:58 AM
⬛️⬜️Syrian President al-Sharaa is dismantling the Kurdish-held administration in northeast Syria, marking a major geopolitical shift & raising deep concerns on Kurdish rights & security.
@assembleacat.bsky.social calls for an end to the massacre of the Kurds in Rojava.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
@assembleacat.bsky.social calls for an end to the massacre of the Kurds in Rojava.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
⬛️⬜️The new documentary Ícaro whitewashes police violence against Catalans in 2019 framing repression as something neutral while erasing the lived reality of victims of state force.
Media that cleanses repression only deepens distrust and hides injustices.
www.racocatala.cat/noticia/6977...
Media that cleanses repression only deepens distrust and hides injustices.
www.racocatala.cat/noticia/6977...
Filmin estrena el documental que blanqueja la violència policial contra catalans del 2019
La plataforma de vídeo per demanda Filmin ha estrenat el documental 'Ícaro: la semana en llamas', una producció del 2022 que narra les protestes del mes octubre del 2019 a Barcelona contra la sentè...
www.racocatala.cat
January 19, 2026 at 10:24 AM
⬛️⬜️The new documentary Ícaro whitewashes police violence against Catalans in 2019 framing repression as something neutral while erasing the lived reality of victims of state force.
Media that cleanses repression only deepens distrust and hides injustices.
www.racocatala.cat/noticia/6977...
Media that cleanses repression only deepens distrust and hides injustices.
www.racocatala.cat/noticia/6977...
⬛️⬜️UN experts urge Trump to respect international law and #Greenland's right to self-determination, and warn of a pattern of military aggression and coercive diplomacy.
National security cannot be used as an excuse to hamper the rights and will of a people.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
National security cannot be used as an excuse to hamper the rights and will of a people.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Greenland: UN experts urge United States to respect international law and right to self-determination
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed grave concern about statements made by the President of the United States of America regarding Greenland, including suggestions that the territory should be placed...
www.ohchr.org
January 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM
⬛️⬜️UN experts urge Trump to respect international law and #Greenland's right to self-determination, and warn of a pattern of military aggression and coercive diplomacy.
National security cannot be used as an excuse to hamper the rights and will of a people.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
National security cannot be used as an excuse to hamper the rights and will of a people.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
⬛️⬜️ #OnThisDay we commemorate the proclamation of the First Catalan Republic (1641), when Catalonia asserted its sovereignty in the face of oppression.
A historic reminder that the Catalan people’s aspiration to freedom & democratic self-rule has deep roots & remains alive today.
A historic reminder that the Catalan people’s aspiration to freedom & democratic self-rule has deep roots & remains alive today.
January 16, 2026 at 11:44 AM
⬛️⬜️ #OnThisDay we commemorate the proclamation of the First Catalan Republic (1641), when Catalonia asserted its sovereignty in the face of oppression.
A historic reminder that the Catalan people’s aspiration to freedom & democratic self-rule has deep roots & remains alive today.
A historic reminder that the Catalan people’s aspiration to freedom & democratic self-rule has deep roots & remains alive today.
⬛️⬜️ @assembleacat.bsky.social board member and international committee coordinator Quica Sol explained at Brussels the importance of civil diplomacy and the network of assemblies, and detailed the work done by the committee at UN, @euosce.bsky.social, @coe.int, @unpointl.bsky.social & other forums.
January 16, 2026 at 10:32 AM
⬛️⬜️ @assembleacat.bsky.social board member and international committee coordinator Quica Sol explained at Brussels the importance of civil diplomacy and the network of assemblies, and detailed the work done by the committee at UN, @euosce.bsky.social, @coe.int, @unpointl.bsky.social & other forums.
⬛️⬜️Civil society orgs report more than 2,500 protesters have been killed by Iranian authorities.
Iran must end the arbitrary arrests and executions, freeing all illegitimately arrested for exercising their right to protest.
Iran must be held accountable. apnews.com/article/iran...
Iran must end the arbitrary arrests and executions, freeing all illegitimately arrested for exercising their right to protest.
Iran must be held accountable. apnews.com/article/iran...
The death toll from a crackdown on protests in Iran jumps to at least 2,571, activists say
Activists say the death toll from the protests in Iran has surpassed 2,500 people. This level of violence around protests hasn’t been seen in Iran in decades.
apnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:10 AM
⬛️⬜️Civil society orgs report more than 2,500 protesters have been killed by Iranian authorities.
Iran must end the arbitrary arrests and executions, freeing all illegitimately arrested for exercising their right to protest.
Iran must be held accountable. apnews.com/article/iran...
Iran must end the arbitrary arrests and executions, freeing all illegitimately arrested for exercising their right to protest.
Iran must be held accountable. apnews.com/article/iran...
⬛️⬜️ #OnThisDay we celebrate Yennayer, the Amazigh New Year celebrated in the Berber communities since antiquity.
From Catalonia, we send our warmest wishes to the Amazigh people. For a new year full of happiness and prosperity. Asugas D Ameggaz! ⵣ
From Catalonia, we send our warmest wishes to the Amazigh people. For a new year full of happiness and prosperity. Asugas D Ameggaz! ⵣ
January 14, 2026 at 1:15 PM
⬛️⬜️ #OnThisDay we celebrate Yennayer, the Amazigh New Year celebrated in the Berber communities since antiquity.
From Catalonia, we send our warmest wishes to the Amazigh people. For a new year full of happiness and prosperity. Asugas D Ameggaz! ⵣ
From Catalonia, we send our warmest wishes to the Amazigh people. For a new year full of happiness and prosperity. Asugas D Ameggaz! ⵣ
⬛️⬜️The Spanish & Catalan governments’ new “joint Rodalies company” is just window dressing:
50.1% owned by Renfe & 49.9% by Generalitat = same state control, same chaos.
We don’t buy this image wash. For a rail network that works, independence is urgent!
www.catalannews.com/politics/ite...
50.1% owned by Renfe & 49.9% by Generalitat = same state control, same chaos.
We don’t buy this image wash. For a rail network that works, independence is urgent!
www.catalannews.com/politics/ite...
Spanish and Catalan governments create new joint Rodalies company
Operator due to start running Catalonia's commuter rail network in 2027
www.catalannews.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:13 AM
⬛️⬜️The Spanish & Catalan governments’ new “joint Rodalies company” is just window dressing:
50.1% owned by Renfe & 49.9% by Generalitat = same state control, same chaos.
We don’t buy this image wash. For a rail network that works, independence is urgent!
www.catalannews.com/politics/ite...
50.1% owned by Renfe & 49.9% by Generalitat = same state control, same chaos.
We don’t buy this image wash. For a rail network that works, independence is urgent!
www.catalannews.com/politics/ite...
⬛️⬜️Two Sahrawi students and political prisoners are on a hunger strike to denounce the discrimination and degrading treatment they are victims of.
We call on Morocco to free all political prisoners and cease abuses and persecution of the Sahrawi people. spsrasd.info/en/2026/01/1...
We call on Morocco to free all political prisoners and cease abuses and persecution of the Sahrawi people. spsrasd.info/en/2026/01/1...
Two Sahrawi civilian prisoners launch warning hunger strike | Sahara Press Service (SPS)
Ait Melloul, 11 January 2026 (SPS) – Two Sahrawi civilian prisoners, students Salah Eddine Sabbar and Brahim Babait, have begun a 48-hour warning hunger strike, according to a Sahrawi human rights sou...
spsrasd.info
January 13, 2026 at 7:35 AM
⬛️⬜️Two Sahrawi students and political prisoners are on a hunger strike to denounce the discrimination and degrading treatment they are victims of.
We call on Morocco to free all political prisoners and cease abuses and persecution of the Sahrawi people. spsrasd.info/en/2026/01/1...
We call on Morocco to free all political prisoners and cease abuses and persecution of the Sahrawi people. spsrasd.info/en/2026/01/1...
⬛️⬜️The future of a people cannot be sold or decided by outsiders. Greenlandic leaders have made it clear: they don’t want to be Americans or have their destiny dictated by foreign powers, only Greenlanders can decide their own future.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
January 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
⬛️⬜️The future of a people cannot be sold or decided by outsiders. Greenlandic leaders have made it clear: they don’t want to be Americans or have their destiny dictated by foreign powers, only Greenlanders can decide their own future.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
⬛️⬜️ @unpointl.bsky.social calls on the United Nations to adopt rights-compliant definitions of “terrorism” because vague, politicised counter-terror laws are being used to criminalise peaceful dissent movements worldwide, Catalonia included.
Read the full report: unpo.org/wp-content/u...
Read the full report: unpo.org/wp-content/u...
unpo.org
January 12, 2026 at 11:21 AM
⬛️⬜️ @unpointl.bsky.social calls on the United Nations to adopt rights-compliant definitions of “terrorism” because vague, politicised counter-terror laws are being used to criminalise peaceful dissent movements worldwide, Catalonia included.
Read the full report: unpo.org/wp-content/u...
Read the full report: unpo.org/wp-content/u...
⬛️⬜️On Saturday @assembleacat.bsky.social was in the streets of Bilbao with Sare Herritarra.
Steps must be taken towards social cohesion in the Basque Country, for a definitive solution on the Basque prisoners.
These breaches and violations of rights cannot go on any longer.
Steps must be taken towards social cohesion in the Basque Country, for a definitive solution on the Basque prisoners.
These breaches and violations of rights cannot go on any longer.
January 12, 2026 at 9:14 AM
⬛️⬜️On Saturday @assembleacat.bsky.social was in the streets of Bilbao with Sare Herritarra.
Steps must be taken towards social cohesion in the Basque Country, for a definitive solution on the Basque prisoners.
These breaches and violations of rights cannot go on any longer.
Steps must be taken towards social cohesion in the Basque Country, for a definitive solution on the Basque prisoners.
These breaches and violations of rights cannot go on any longer.
⬛️⬜️Spain targets the peaceful Catalan self-determination movt with vague definitions of terrorism & regarding state unity.
@unpointl.bsky.social's submission to the UN highlights such practices, noting persecution of CDRs, Tsunami Democràtic, Valtònic and Pablo Hasél. unpo.org/safeguarding...
@unpointl.bsky.social's submission to the UN highlights such practices, noting persecution of CDRs, Tsunami Democràtic, Valtònic and Pablo Hasél. unpo.org/safeguarding...
January 9, 2026 at 3:46 PM
⬛️⬜️Spain targets the peaceful Catalan self-determination movt with vague definitions of terrorism & regarding state unity.
@unpointl.bsky.social's submission to the UN highlights such practices, noting persecution of CDRs, Tsunami Democràtic, Valtònic and Pablo Hasél. unpo.org/safeguarding...
@unpointl.bsky.social's submission to the UN highlights such practices, noting persecution of CDRs, Tsunami Democràtic, Valtònic and Pablo Hasél. unpo.org/safeguarding...
⬛️⬜️ Human rights organization Sare Herritarra calls on Basques to protest in Bilbao on Saturday for a definitive solution for Basque political prisoners, a situation that must not persist any longer.
@assembleacat.bsky.social will be there too!
🗓 January 10
🕒17:00
📍La Casilla, Bilbao
@assembleacat.bsky.social will be there too!
🗓 January 10
🕒17:00
📍La Casilla, Bilbao
January 9, 2026 at 10:28 AM
⬛️⬜️ Human rights organization Sare Herritarra calls on Basques to protest in Bilbao on Saturday for a definitive solution for Basque political prisoners, a situation that must not persist any longer.
@assembleacat.bsky.social will be there too!
🗓 January 10
🕒17:00
📍La Casilla, Bilbao
@assembleacat.bsky.social will be there too!
🗓 January 10
🕒17:00
📍La Casilla, Bilbao
⬛️⬜️We join @unpointl.bsky.social in denouncing the brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters in Iran.
The Iranian authorities must end their unlawful use of force against protesters and cease arbitrary arrests and release those detained.
Protesting is not a crime.
The Iranian authorities must end their unlawful use of force against protesters and cease arbitrary arrests and release those detained.
Protesting is not a crime.
Iran’s latest wave of protests reflects more than economic hardship. It exposes decades of political exclusion, repression, and human rights violations against non-Persian peoples, including Kurds, Western Balochs, Ahwazi Arabs, and Southern Azerbaijanis.
Read more here: unpo.org/irans-protes...
Read more here: unpo.org/irans-protes...
January 8, 2026 at 3:25 PM
⬛️⬜️We join @unpointl.bsky.social in denouncing the brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters in Iran.
The Iranian authorities must end their unlawful use of force against protesters and cease arbitrary arrests and release those detained.
Protesting is not a crime.
The Iranian authorities must end their unlawful use of force against protesters and cease arbitrary arrests and release those detained.
Protesting is not a crime.
⬛️⬜️The 2026 Nadal Prize (for best novel in Spanish) triples the prize money of its Catalan "equivalent", the Josep Pla Prize, creating a linguistic hierarchy to the detriment of Catalan.
Literary awards should not contribute to language discrimination.
www.catalannews.com/culture/item...
Literary awards should not contribute to language discrimination.
www.catalannews.com/culture/item...
Neuroscientist and Argentine writer win esteemed Josep Pla and Nadal Prizes
Essay in educational neuroscience and a family fiction story take home the awards
www.catalannews.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 PM
⬛️⬜️The 2026 Nadal Prize (for best novel in Spanish) triples the prize money of its Catalan "equivalent", the Josep Pla Prize, creating a linguistic hierarchy to the detriment of Catalan.
Literary awards should not contribute to language discrimination.
www.catalannews.com/culture/item...
Literary awards should not contribute to language discrimination.
www.catalannews.com/culture/item...
⬛️⬜️2026 may mark a new global cycle of indy mvts: debates on self-determination are resurging from Quebec to Scotland, with elections putting autonomy back at the centre of politics
The renewed momentum shows that the demand for democratic choice persists
www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/pro...
The renewed momentum shows that the demand for democratic choice persists
www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/pro...
Els processos independentistes revifen a tot el món i obren un nou cicle polític el 2026
Eleccions decisives, possibles referèndums i lideratges renovats reactiven projectes d’autodeterminació que fa pocs anys semblaven esgotats
www.vilaweb.cat
January 2, 2026 at 10:10 AM
⬛️⬜️2026 may mark a new global cycle of indy mvts: debates on self-determination are resurging from Quebec to Scotland, with elections putting autonomy back at the centre of politics
The renewed momentum shows that the demand for democratic choice persists
www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/pro...
The renewed momentum shows that the demand for democratic choice persists
www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/pro...