21/06/2021 | 18:52:18 Thank you, Madam Chair. Today I am speaking on behalf of those retaliated against. Today I am speaking on behalf of the leaders in jail and on behalf of those in exile. On the 1st of October of 2017, Catalonia voted in a referendum. Voting can never be a crime, the more so when done pacificly. Dialogue, negotiation, and voting crystallise democracy. Do you know how many Catalans today want to decide their future through a referendum? 80%, colleagues. 80%. Do you know how many times Catalans... 22/04/2021 | 09:40:48 Merci, Mister President. Thank you for your speech, Mister ROTH. Between the German presidency priorities, there is the fight against hate speech, as you have told us, as a predominant threat to human rights and democratic integrity and a global phenomenon facing all European countries. I am a member of No Hate Parliamentary Alliance and I am very concerned about the rise of neo-Nazism everywhere, including in parliaments. What specific steps has your presidency has done or will do to address... 21/04/2021 | 16:46:14 Thank you, Madam Commissioner. Freedom of assembly, independence of the judiciary, human rights defenders: these are all items under your mandate. We were sorry to see, however, little mention of political prisoners nowadays in jail in many countries in the Council of Europe. A continued silence in front of human rights violations only favours the oppressor. On another note, I wanted to thank you for the letter sent to the Spanish Minister of Justice concerning the amendment to the criminal... 21/04/2021 | 10:56:03 Mr President, good morning Mr Sassoli and welcome to the Parliamentary Assembly, the place where to foster freedom of debate without censorship. But not in every country there is a freedom of debate in parliaments. I am talking about Spain. I am talking about the parliament vote which censors the investigation of monarchy corruption, which censors an important law, such as the Amnesty Law. Two weeks ago, a political solution for our political prisoners. I am also talking about courts telling... 20/04/2021 | 12:44:35 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, I want to congratulate the rapporteur, Mr Tiny KOX, for this work which focuses on the strategic priorities of the Council of Europe and what is most important: what is our vision about that. I want to emphasise several points of the report which I believe are very important. Firstly, the Council of Europe's overall priority is to reaffirm itself as an independent forum for a comprehensive and inclusive dialogue. For us, for my party, it is very... 20/04/2021 | 10:42:07 Madam Chancellor, thank you for your speech. In Europe the entry of the extreme right parties is altering the fragile human rights systems that has cost us so much to build and threatens the lower democratic standards. I want to draw your attention on the infiltration of neo-Nazism ideology in the Spanish Army. Here are a few examples. We have Air Force members glorifying the Fascist regime and defending extermination of 26 million Spaniards, and soldiers singing neo-Nazi songs in official... 26/01/2021 | 17:48:03 Thank you, Mr Commissioner. As the Commissioner in charge of the rule of law, I would ask you what specific steps will you take in respect of the violations of human rights perpetrated by a member state? Don't answer me that is an internal affair, as with respect to the member states who are parties to the European conventions on human right, violations of human rights protected under the Convention cannot be regarded as internal affairs. I am talking about political prisoners. I am talking... 26/01/2021 | 16:45:34 Thank you, Mister Chair. We do agree that the lack of execution of judgements of the European Court of Human Rights is a worrisome problem. It creates a sense of impunity, fosters a lack of respect of Council of Europe values, gives powers to irresponsible states to continue their systemic violations. But what is most disturbing is that it empowers other states to not comply with judgements in the future. I would like to ask you whether stronger sanctions on immediate measures will be... 25/01/2021 | 19:27:02 Written question I would like to condemn recent events in Russia: freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and political dissent should be protected by us. We are concerned about those attacks on political pluralism but we also regret those in Western Europe, and the lack of debate here. Today there are still political prisoners in Spain. Since the October 2017 referendum, almost 3 000 Catalans, a whole movement, are being retaliated against: public officials, civil society, journalists... 20/11/2020 | 11:24:27 Thank you, Mr President. Mr SPANO, thank you for your intervention. I'll be brief. We fear there is a disparity of criteria among Council of Europe member states concerning the length and timings of high instances at national level, which delays access to justice before the European Court of Human Rights for the victims. Some constitutional courts, for instance, often keep appeals for protection of fundamental rights ceased and forgotten, pending a decision several years, which blocks access...