Spain: Open Letter: The case of Jordi Cuixart through the lens of international human rights standards on the right to peaceful assembly / June 2, 2020 / Urgent Interventions / Monitoring protection mechanisms / OMCT

Spain: Open Letter: The case of Jordi Cuixart through the lens of international human rights standards on the right to peaceful assembly / June 2, 2020 / Urgent Interventions / Monitoring protection mechanisms / OMCT

CATALONIA

 

 

Dear Mr. Sánchez Castejón,

Dear Mses. Delgado, Castro
Rey and Batet,

Dear Mr. González Rivas,

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) works with around 200 member
organisations which constitute its SOS-Torture Network, to end torture, fight
impunity and protect human rights defenders worldwide. The OMCT is writing to
you on this occasion to reiterate^[1] its serious concerns regarding the breaches of the rights of freedom of
expression and peaceful assembly in the case of Mr. Jordi Cuixart i Navarro,
President of the non-governmental organisation Òmnium Cultural^[2].