🚨 La Corte di giustizia dell’Ue decide di ripristinare l’immunità parlamentare degli eurodeputati indipendentisti catalani Carles Puigdemont, Toni Colin e Clara Ponsati.
The Court of Justice of the European Union temporarily restored the immunity of three Catalan separatists and MEPs — including Carles Puigdemont.
https://t.co/Qmk5RE1nSg
⬛️⬜️ 🎥 Pulitzer Prize winner @RonanFarrow interviewed at @PBS over his @NewYorker piece covering #Spain's #Catalangate scandal:
"Targeting journalists, civil society members & politicians in #Catalonia just as a result of peaceful political demonstrations that they've done."
.@RonanFarrow reports on NSO Group, the world’s most notorious commercial hacking enterprise, whose spyware technology is being used by repressive regimes and democracies alike. https://t.co/gaWt68Slpu
I expect no assistance from @10DowningStreet on upholding the rule of law, when they can’t be trusted to obey the law themselves.
Since Franco, Spain has operated as a rogue state declaring war on #Catalonia & its leaders🎗 #PhoneHacking#Pegasus
The #Catalangate scandal shows that democratic, non-violent self-determination activists in #Europe are subject to a disproportionate level of scrutiny. If Europe and Spain is to be truly democratic it must reign in these anti-privacy measures.
If 6 MEPs have been spied upon in violation of their rights and immunities, this is an attack on the parliament itself. The EU has to hold the responsible governments to account. #Pegasus#CatalanGate
A familiar plot in 🇪🇸 from other cases in which @citizenlab has published evidence-based reports of #pegasus abuse:
✅First, deny & smear
✅Then, a grudging partial admission.
✅Then, try to rationalize with dubious justifications
https://t.co/NIwyOY6mLv via @IrishTimes
⬛️⬜️ The #CatalanGate is the largest case of political espionage in the world using the #Pegasus software.
❌#Spain's authorities have abused the #humanrights of 65 #Catalan pro-independence politicians and activists for their ideas.
They must be held accountable.
⬛️⬜️Die Verteidigungsministerin Spaniens Margarita Robles bestätigte gestern den Einsatz von Pegasus im Geheimdienst:"Was soll denn ein Staat tun wenn die Verfassung verletzt wird?"
Spanien stellt die Einheit des Landes vor die Menschenrechte
#CatalanGate
https://t.co/c8YEkAXDyC
Tribune de Genève: Des personnalités de la #Catalogne espionnées et surveillées sur territoire suisse🇨🇭.
Le #CatalanGate pourrait provoquer des tensions entre la Suisse et l'Espagne.
https://t.co/GNDTrh2rDN
Today I pressed the Foreign Office to tackle the Spanish Govt re allegations that Pegasus spyware was used to hack the phone of the Scottish Solicitor acting for @ClaraPonsati MEP. They need to take this shocking breach of solicitor/client privilege seriously