Since 2017 Spain has committed, against the people of Catalonia, the most massive Human Rights violations in Western Europe in recent decades. The European Union sees it, approves it and supports it. The European Union therefore does not stand up for Human Rights out of conviction. The European Union seems to criticise the violation of Human Rights in other parts of the world only for political reasons. Such behaviour can justifiably be called ‘hypocrisy’.
In October 2017, in violation of the organic law of the Spanish state, Spain dissolved a democratically elected parliament and removed a democratically elected government. Members of the government, the President of Parliament and leading members of Catalan civil society were then illegally detained by Spain and brought to justice. Although they clearly did not commit the crimes they were accused of, they are likely to be sentenced to long prison terms for political reasons. Through fear and terror, Spain is trying not to lose Catalonia, which it treats as a colony. But the Human Right to self-determination also applies to the Catalan people!
The last words of the prominent Catalan political prisoners before the court in Madrid can be read here in English, German and Spanish. The judgement of the court is to be announced at the beginning of October 2019. It should lead to the final break-up of the Spanish state.
Read the last words spoken by the twelve Catalan defendants before their Spanish judges, who are the first and only judges (!) to pronounce their verdict. Eleven of these speeches are a shining example of strength of character and dignity.
Jordi Cuixart:
«We'll do it again!» (Jordi Cuixart): https://www.change.org/p/jean-claude-juncker-solidarity-with-catalonia-for-the-right-to-peaceful-self-determination/u/24847781
«Wir werden es wieder tun!» (Jordi Cuixart): https://www.change.org/p/12429466/u/24847446
«¡Lo volveremos a hacer!» (Jordi Cuixart): https://www.change.org/p/sergio-mattarella-presidente-della-repubblica-italiana-solidaridad-con-catalu%C3%B1a-por-el-derecho-a-la-autodeterminaci%C3%B3n-pac%C3%ADfica/u/24845661
Jordi Sànchez:
«It is better to suffer an injustice than to commit it» (Jordi Sànchez): https://www.change.org/p/jean-claude-juncker-solidarity-with-catalonia-for-the-right-to-peaceful-self-determination/u/24853074
«Es ist besser, ein Unrecht zu erleiden, als es zu begehen» (Jordi Sànchez): https://www.change.org/p/12429466/u/24852793
«Es mejor sufrir una injusticia que cometerla» (Jordi Sànchez): https://www.change.org/p/sergio-mattarella-presidente-della-repubblica-italiana-solidaridad-con-catalu%C3%B1a-por-el-derecho-a-la-autodeterminaci%C3%B3n-pac%C3%ADfica/u/24850751
Carme Forcadell:
«Censorship must not enter Parliament» (Carme Forcadell): https://www.change.org/p/jean-claude-juncker-solidarity-with-catalonia-for-the-right-to-peaceful-self-determination/u/24874317
«Zensur hat in einem Parlament nichts verloren» (Carme Forcadell): https://www.change.org/p/12429466/u/24877252
«La censura no debe entrar en el Parlamento» (Carme Forcadell): https://www.change.org/p/sergio-mattarella-presidente-della-repubblica-italiana-solidaridad-con-catalu%C3%B1a-por-el-derecho-a-la-autodeterminaci%C3%B3n-pac%C3%ADfica/u/24874239
Joaquim Forn:
«The reality of the facts exposes your lies!» (Joaquim Forn): https://www.change.org/p/jean-claude-juncker-solidarity-with-catalonia-for-the-right-to-peaceful-self-determination/u/24850117
«Die Realität der Fakten straft Sie Lügen!» (Joaquim Forn): https://www.change.org/p/12429466/u/24848939
«La realidad de los hechos les desmiente» (Joaquim Forn): https://www.change.org/p/sergio-mattarella-presidente-della-repubblica-italiana-solidaridad-con-catalu%C3%B1a-por-el-derecho-a-la-autodeterminaci%C3%B3n-pac%C3%ADfica/u/24848839
Jordi Turull:
«The Catalans are not sheeps» (Jordi Turull): https://www.change.org/p/jean-claude-juncker-solidarity-with-catalonia-for-the-right-to-peaceful-self-determination/u/24915054
«Die Katalanen sind keine Schafe» (Jordi Turull): https://www.change.org/p/12429466/u/24903589
«Estoy aquí por mis ideas y porque no renuncié a mi actividad política» (Jordi Turull): https://www.change.org/p/sergio-mattarella-presidente-della-repubblica-italiana-solidaridad-con-catalu%C3%B1a-por-el-derecho-a-la-autodeterminaci%C3%B3n-pac%C3%ADfica/u/24891050
Carles Mundó:
«This trial is the result of a political failure» (Carles Mundó): https://www.change.org/p/jean-claude-juncker-solidarity-with-catalonia-for-the-right-to-peaceful-self-determination/u/24850633
«Dieser Prozess ist das Ergebnis eines politischen Versagens» (Carles Mundó): https://www.change.org/p/12429466/u/24850545
«Este juicio es el resultado de un fracaso de la política» (Carles Mundó): https://www.change.org/p/sergio-mattarella-presidente-della-repubblica-italiana-solidaridad-con-catalu%C3%B1a-por-el-derecho-a-la-autodeterminaci%C3%B3n-pac%C3%ADfica/u/24850219
Meritxell Borràs:
«Catalonia is a nation!» (Meritxell Borràs): https://www.change.org/p/jean-claude-juncker-solidarity-with-catalonia-for-the-right-to-peaceful-self-determination/u/24856810
«Katalonien ist eine Nation!» (Meritxell Borràs): https://www.change.org/p/12429466/u/24856024
«Cataluña es una nación» (Meritxell Borràs): https://www.change.org/p/sergio-mattarella-presidente-della-repubblica-italiana-solidaridad-con-catalu%C3%B1a-por-el-derecho-a-la-autodeterminaci%C3%B3n-pac%C3%ADfica/u/24854917
Raül Romeva:
«Even through a thousand repetitions, a lie does not become the truth!» (Raül Romeva): https://www.change.org/p/jean-claude-juncker-solidarity-with-catalonia-for-the-right-to-peaceful-self-determination/u/24854803
«Auch durch tausendfache Wiederholung wird eine Lüge nicht zur Wahrheit» (Raül Romeva): https://www.change.org/p/12429466/u/24854672
«No por repetirla mil veces una mentira se convierte en verdad» (Raül Romeva): https://www.change.org/p/sergio-mattarella-presidente-della-repubblica-italiana-solidaridad-con-catalu%C3%B1a-por-el-derecho-a-la-autodeterminaci%C3%B3n-pac%C3%ADfica/u/24850867
Dolors Bassa:
«The charges are unfounded» (Dolors Bassa): https://www.change.org/p/jean-claude-juncker-solidarity-with-catalonia-for-the-right-to-peaceful-self-determination/u/24918349
«Die Anklagepunkte sind unbegründet» (Dolors Bassa): https://www.change.org/p/12429466/u/24906452
«Estas acusaciones carecen de fundamento» (Dolors Bassa): https://www.change.org/p/sergio-mattarella-presidente-della-repubblica-italiana-solidaridad-con-catalu%C3%B1a-por-el-derecho-a-la-autodeterminaci%C3%B3n-pac%C3%ADfica/u/24895299
Josep Rull:
«The dignity of having defended legitimate and noble ideas» (Josep Rull): https://www.change.org/p/jean-claude-juncker-solidarity-with-catalonia-for-the-right-to-peaceful-self-determination/u/24874100
«Die Würde, edle und rechtmäßige Ideen verteidigt zu haben» (Josep Rull): https://www.change.org/p/12429466/u/24873957
«La dignidad de haber defendido unas ideas legítimas y unas ideas nobles» (Josep Rull): https://www.change.org/p/sergio-mattarella-presidente-della-repubblica-italiana-solidaridad-con-catalu%C3%B1a-por-el-derecho-a-la-autodeterminaci%C3%B3n-pac%C3%ADfica/u/24873472
Santiago Vila:
«Catalonia is a nation» (Santiago Vila): https://www.change.org/p/jean-claude-juncker-solidarity-with-catalonia-for-the-right-to-peaceful-self-determination/u/24894002
«Katalonien ist eine Nation» (Santiago Vila): https://www.change.org/p/12429466/u/24893741
«Cataluña es una nación» (Santiago Vila): https://www.change.org/p/sergio-mattarella-presidente-della-repubblica-italiana-solidaridad-con-catalu%C3%B1a-por-el-derecho-a-la-autodeterminaci%C3%B3n-pac%C3%ADfica/u/24876769
Dr. Oriol Junqueras:
«The desire for dialogue, negotiation and agreement, based on respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, should never be a crime» (Dr. Oriol Junqueras, Member of the European Parliament») : https://www.change.org/p/jean-claude-juncker-solidarity-with-catalonia-for-the-right-to-peaceful-self-determination/u/24831560
«Der Wunsch nach Dialog, Verhandlungen und Abkommen, die auf der Achtung der Menschenrechte und Grundfreiheiten basieren, sollte niemals ein Verbrechen sein.» (Dr. Oriol Junqueras», Abgeordneter des Europäischen Parlaments): https://www.change.org/p/12429466/u/24831368
«La voluntad de diálogo, de negociación y acuerdo, desde el respeto a los derechos humanos y a las libertades fundamentales jamás debería ser delito» (Dr. Oriol Junqueras): https://www.change.org/p/sergio-mattarella-presidente-della-repubblica-italiana-solidaridad-con-catalu%C3%B1a-por-el-derecho-a-la-autodeterminaci%C3%B3n-pac%C3%ADfica/u/24831447
«That's enough! For freedom, democracy and the rule of law in Catalonia!»:
Video of a speech from a meeting of the European Council (Irish member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Paul Gavan's speech in English): «Justice and Human Rights for the Catalan people»: