CATALONIA
A JUDGE’s refusal to allow the use of graphic video
images from the 2017 Catalan referendum in the cross-examination of
police witnesses could be breaching the defendants’ human rights,
according to observers at their trial.
In a report on last week’s proceedings, the International Trial Watch
team said their worries about Manuel Marchena’s ruling were exacerbated
by the fact that hundreds of civilians were injured as they went to vote
in the October 1 indyref.
“The reporting agents have repeatedly denied that there was a
disproportionate use of force and denied blows to the head with police
batons, punching or anti-regulation actions,” said the observers.
There were social media
reports of police using force and carrying out anti-regulation activity,
but authorities have denied these claims
