Motion · S5M-19750 · 5 Nov 2019
Catalonia Human Rights Abuse
The motion
That the Parliament expresses concern over the actions of the Spanish Government in issuing a European Arrest Warrant for the University of St Andrews Professor, Clara Ponsati, in relation to the role that she played in the 2017 independence referendum in Catalonia; understands that, in October 2019, violent protests erupted after Spanish courts sentenced nine Catalan leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for, it believes, simply allowing their country to make a decision about its own future through the democratic process of a referendum; believes the shocking levels of violence against the Catalan people, which it considers have been witnessed on social and terrestrial media, to be extremely alarming; further believes the levels of violence to be a fundamental breach of human rights and an attempt to scupper people's right to peacefully protest; expresses solidarity with the Catalan people at this troubling time, and wishes Professor Ponsati and her legal team every success in what it sees as their pursuit of justice, democracy and the re-establishment of human rights in Catalonia.
Supporters (21)
- Annabelle Ewing 11 Nov 2019
- Christine Grahame 11 Nov 2019
- Bill Kidd 11 Nov 2019
- Richard Lyle 11 Nov 2019
- Gordon MacDonald 11 Nov 2019
- Rona Mackay 11 Nov 2019
- John Mason 11 Nov 2019
- Joan McAlpine 11 Nov 2019
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 11 Nov 2019
- Alex Neil 11 Nov 2019
- Gil Paterson 11 Nov 2019
- Sandra White 11 Nov 2019
- Bob Doris Scottish National Party 12 Nov 2019
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 12 Nov 2019
- John Finnie 13 Nov 2019
- Jenny Gilruth Scottish National Party 13 Nov 2019
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 13 Nov 2019
- Gail Ross 13 Nov 2019
- Gillian Martin Scottish National Party 15 Nov 2019
- Alex Rowley 25 Nov 2019
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 18 Dec 2019
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.