{"id":260208,"date":"2020-11-04T16:07:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T15:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omnium.cat\/?p=260208"},"modified":"2020-11-04T17:20:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T16:20:35","slug":"amnesty-international-demands-to-the-spanish-state-powers-the-immediate-and-unconditional-release-of-jordi-cuixart-and-jordi-sanchez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omnium.cat\/en\/amnesty-international-demands-to-the-spanish-state-powers-the-immediate-and-unconditional-release-of-jordi-cuixart-and-jordi-sanchez\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International demands to the Spanish state powers the \u201cimmediate and unconditional\u201d release of Jordi Cuixart and Jordi S\u00e0nchez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The president of \u00d2mnium Cultural highlights the \u201ccontrast\u201d between what Amnesty has repeatedly asked for and what Spain is doing, considering it a \u201cdemocratic shame\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On occasion of the third anniversary of Jordi Cuixart and Jordi S\u00e0nchez\u2019s detention, Amnesty International warned that “the three branches of the state have the opportunity to correct the effects of an unjust sentence, contrary to human rights”, the one that condemned both of them to 9 years of prison for the crime of \u201csedition\u201d. The organization has addressed this statement directly to the judicial, executive and legislative powers of Spain.<\/p>\n

To the judiciary, AI has denounced that the Constitutional Court is delaying the resolution of appeals for protection of Cuixart and S\u00e0nchez: “They have been in prison for more than three years. The Constitutional Court has to resolve their appeals as soon as possible\u201d. Regarding the legislative power, Amnesty International considers that the crime of sedition for which they were sentenced \u201copens the door to greater criminalisation of acts directly related to the peaceful exercise of the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly\u201d. Therefore, they ask for a change in the criminal code, as the vague definition of the crime and its broad interpretation can have \u201cdeterrent effects\u201d regarding the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. Finally, Amnesty also urged the Spanish Government to use all the tools available, in the frame of their competences, to free them and to put an end to the unjust situation of Cuixart and S\u00e1nchez.<\/p>\n

The statement considers an “injustice” the situation of imprisonment that has lasted three years. “It’s been a thousand days behind bars, away from their families. Amnesty International has repeatedly called for their release from the moment they were arrested”, points out the NGO.<\/p>\n

The president of \u00d2mnium Cultural, Jordi Cuixart, considers that, \u201cthe contrast is a democratic shame: Amnesty reiterates that our imprisonment criminalizes the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of expression and civil disobedience, while the Spanish State keeps us in prison\u201d. From the Lledoners prison, Cuixart thanked again the position of this NGO and said that “for a political prisoner, having the support of the most important human rights organization in the world is a privilege\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Director of Amnesty International in Spain, Esteban Beltran, also visited the prison of Lledoners, where he explained to Jordi Cuixart and Jordi S\u00e0nchez that Amnesty International will keep fighting for their freedom, and to solve this unjust situation. There, he issued the following statement:<\/p>\n

On the 3rd anniversary of the imprisonment of @jcuixart<\/a> and @jordialapreso<\/a>, @amnesty<\/a> International asked for their immediate and unconditional release. After visiting them in prison, AI called on the Spanish state to act from all its branches to solve this injustice. pic.twitter.com\/ZFoky1SZiA<\/a><\/p>— \u00d2mnium International (@OmniumIntl) November 4, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>