CATALONIA
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, overseen by the United Nations Human Rights Council, has released an opinion on the pretrial detention of Catalan leaders Oriol Junqueras, Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart
concluding it to have been arbitrary and calling on the Spanish
government to "adopt the necessary measures to remedy the situation
[...] without delay". They go on to suggest that "the appropriate remedy
would be to immediately release" the three.
The report finds that their imprisonment without bail violates
international rules, including parts of the Universal Declaration on
Human Rights. Besides being released, the group says the three should be
"conceded the right [to] compensation" and that the government should
"carry out an exhaustive and independent investigation [...] and adopt
the appropriate measures against those responsible for the violation of
their rights".
