REPORT POLICE VIOLENCE IN CATALONIA ON OCTOBER 1, 2017

Authors

  • SIRECOVI (OSPDH)

Abstract

As a result of the events that occurred on October 1, 2017 in Catalonia in the framework of the referendum on independence called by the Generalitat of Catalonia, the Observatory of the Penal System and Human Rights, through the System of Registration and Communication of Institutional Violence (SIRECOVI), it has received numerous communications from witnesses of several of the police interventions that took place in the 90 polling stations which were closed that day by National Police and Civil Guard. With this Report, It is intended to make a summary of all information received by SIRECOVI, information that was communicated at the time to all organizations that are part of the network of recipients of the system.

Published

2017-11-06

Issue

Section

Catalunya: septiembre y octubre de 2017 [tribuna libre]