{"id":249564,"date":"2020-07-10T13:30:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T11:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omnium.cat\/?p=249564"},"modified":"2020-07-10T13:30:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T11:30:39","slug":"omnium-in-the-un-jordi-cuixart-has-spent-almost-1000-days-arbitrarily-detained-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omnium.cat\/en\/omnium-in-the-un-jordi-cuixart-has-spent-almost-1000-days-arbitrarily-detained-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Omnium in the UN: \u2018Jordi Cuixart has spent almost 1000 days arbitrarily detained in Spain\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Olivier Peter, Jordi Cuixart\u2019s lawyer, has denounced Cuixart\u2019s situation in the 44th United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva (Switzerland)<\/em><\/p>\n \u00d2mnium Cultural, a Barcelona-based NGO dealing with culture and human rights,\u00a0has denounced today in the United Nations Human Rights Council that Jordi Cuixart has spent almost 1000 days arbitrarily imprisoned<\/strong> and that Spain ignores international requests to release him. International bodies like the\u00a0UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention\u00a0and international NGOs like\u00a0Amnesty International, Front Line Defenders,\u00a0and the\u00a0OMCT\u00a0have urged the Spanish authorities to put an end to this unfair imprisonment.<\/p>\n Olivier Peter, Jordi Cuixart\u2019s lawyer, has made this claim during the\u00a044th United Nations Human Rights Council<\/strong>, which is taking place in Geneva (Switzerland).\u00a0Next Sunday will mark 1000 days since Jordi Cuixart was unjustly imprisoned for having exercised his fundamental rights<\/strong>:\u00a0\u201cHis conviction constitutes a grave violation of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n