@arihv.bsky.social
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⬛️⬜️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...
The time has come to stand up for your country and everything it means to you 🇺🇲
This Friday, join the #NationalShutdown: nationalshutdown.org
This Friday, join the #NationalShutdown: nationalshutdown.org
NATIONAL SHUTDOWN—FRI. JANUARY 30
nationalshutdown.org
January 27, 2026 at 12:38 PM
The time has come to stand up for your country and everything it means to you 🇺🇲
This Friday, join the #NationalShutdown: nationalshutdown.org
This Friday, join the #NationalShutdown: nationalshutdown.org
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⬛️⬜️#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.
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⬛️⬜️ 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.
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⬛️⬜️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...
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⬛️⬜️The UN recalls that "as a distinct people", Greenlanders are entitled to the full and free exercise of the right to self-determination, a core purpose of the UN and enshrined in Art. 1 of the ICCPR.
It is a right that Catalans also want to exercise; fully, freely and peacefully.
It is a right that Catalans also want to exercise; fully, freely and peacefully.
January 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM
⬛️⬜️The UN recalls that "as a distinct people", Greenlanders are entitled to the full and free exercise of the right to self-determination, a core purpose of the UN and enshrined in Art. 1 of the ICCPR.
It is a right that Catalans also want to exercise; fully, freely and peacefully.
It is a right that Catalans also want to exercise; fully, freely and peacefully.
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⬛️⬜️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...
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⬛️⬜️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...
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⬛️⬜️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...
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⬛️⬜️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...
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⬛️⬜️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...
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⬛️⬜️The right to advocate for independence through peaceful means is protected under intl law.
When a democracy uses anti-terror laws against political opposition, it does not defend the rule of law, it weakens it, and legitimises repression elsewhere.
unpo.org/wp-content/u...
When a democracy uses anti-terror laws against political opposition, it does not defend the rule of law, it weakens it, and legitimises repression elsewhere.
unpo.org/wp-content/u...
unpo.org
January 12, 2026 at 11:21 AM
⬛️⬜️The right to advocate for independence through peaceful means is protected under intl law.
When a democracy uses anti-terror laws against political opposition, it does not defend the rule of law, it weakens it, and legitimises repression elsewhere.
unpo.org/wp-content/u...
When a democracy uses anti-terror laws against political opposition, it does not defend the rule of law, it weakens it, and legitimises repression elsewhere.
unpo.org/wp-content/u...
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⬛️⬜️The result?
Elected representatives, activists and journalists prosecuted under counter-terrorism or related charges.
This repression also goes beyond courtrooms:
• Exile
• Pre-trial detention
• Political exclusion
• Surveillance
• Chilling effects on civil society
Elected representatives, activists and journalists prosecuted under counter-terrorism or related charges.
This repression also goes beyond courtrooms:
• Exile
• Pre-trial detention
• Political exclusion
• Surveillance
• Chilling effects on civil society
January 12, 2026 at 11:21 AM
⬛️⬜️The result?
Elected representatives, activists and journalists prosecuted under counter-terrorism or related charges.
This repression also goes beyond courtrooms:
• Exile
• Pre-trial detention
• Political exclusion
• Surveillance
• Chilling effects on civil society
Elected representatives, activists and journalists prosecuted under counter-terrorism or related charges.
This repression also goes beyond courtrooms:
• Exile
• Pre-trial detention
• Political exclusion
• Surveillance
• Chilling effects on civil society
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⬛️⬜️Key problem: there’s no binding intl definition of terrorism. This legal vacuum lets states stretch it to cover protest, speech or art. When dissent is framed as a security threat, rights are suspended. @unpointl.bsky.social shows Spain's using this logic to criminalise Catalan movement.
January 12, 2026 at 11:21 AM
⬛️⬜️Key problem: there’s no binding intl definition of terrorism. This legal vacuum lets states stretch it to cover protest, speech or art. When dissent is framed as a security threat, rights are suspended. @unpointl.bsky.social shows Spain's using this logic to criminalise Catalan movement.
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⬛️⬜️Self-determination is not a crime.
Yet states are weaponising the law to silence peoples who demand democracy & political voice. Maintaining a façade of democracy while misusing courts & laws to repress peaceful political mvts, is LAWFARE.
And Catalonia is not an exception.
Yet states are weaponising the law to silence peoples who demand democracy & political voice. Maintaining a façade of democracy while misusing courts & laws to repress peaceful political mvts, is LAWFARE.
And Catalonia is not an exception.
January 12, 2026 at 11:21 AM
⬛️⬜️Self-determination is not a crime.
Yet states are weaponising the law to silence peoples who demand democracy & political voice. Maintaining a façade of democracy while misusing courts & laws to repress peaceful political mvts, is LAWFARE.
And Catalonia is not an exception.
Yet states are weaponising the law to silence peoples who demand democracy & political voice. Maintaining a façade of democracy while misusing courts & laws to repress peaceful political mvts, is LAWFARE.
And Catalonia is not an exception.
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⬛️⬜️ @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...
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⬛️⬜️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.
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⬛️⬜️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...
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⬛️⬜️ 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
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⬛️⬜️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.
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⬛️⬜️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...
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⬛️⬜️The Spanish government deems Francoist Court Martial death sentence of Txiki and Otaegi illegal and null, recognising they were victims of unfair trials and political repression nearly 50 years after their deaths.
www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/dec...
www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/dec...
Declaren il·legals el judici i l'afusellament de Txiki i Otaegi
El govern espanyol ha reconegut Jon Paredes Manot, Txiki, i Ángel Otaegi –executats fa cinquanta anys els últims mesos de la dictadura franquista– com a víctimes del règim. L’executiu ha conclòs que e...
www.vilaweb.cat
December 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
⬛️⬜️The Spanish government deems Francoist Court Martial death sentence of Txiki and Otaegi illegal and null, recognising they were victims of unfair trials and political repression nearly 50 years after their deaths.
www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/dec...
www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/dec...
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⬛️⬜️Yesterday, @assembleacat.bsky.social board member @conxita123.bsky.social, attended press conference where new Polisario representative in Catalonia denounced media blackout on Western Sahara conflict. Saharawis still suffer from decades of colonialism & human rights abuses under Moroccan control.
December 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
⬛️⬜️Yesterday, @assembleacat.bsky.social board member @conxita123.bsky.social, attended press conference where new Polisario representative in Catalonia denounced media blackout on Western Sahara conflict. Saharawis still suffer from decades of colonialism & human rights abuses under Moroccan control.
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⬛️⬜️ #OnThisDay, for International Human Rights, we reaffirm that rights are universal and non-negotiable.
Democracy, freedom of expression and the right of peoples to decide their future are not privileges — they are simply human rights.
#HumanRightsDay2025 #HumanRightsDay
Democracy, freedom of expression and the right of peoples to decide their future are not privileges — they are simply human rights.
#HumanRightsDay2025 #HumanRightsDay
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
⬛️⬜️ #OnThisDay, for International Human Rights, we reaffirm that rights are universal and non-negotiable.
Democracy, freedom of expression and the right of peoples to decide their future are not privileges — they are simply human rights.
#HumanRightsDay2025 #HumanRightsDay
Democracy, freedom of expression and the right of peoples to decide their future are not privileges — they are simply human rights.
#HumanRightsDay2025 #HumanRightsDay