50 Mossos d'Esquadra investigated for rape in the Democratic Tsunami protests
- On June 29, the Catalan interior minister, Miquel Buch, presented the audit to the Mossos, eight months after the protests for the judgment of the process. This audit, he said, is "the largest in history" of the Catalan police and will analyse 34 concrete actions carried out by the Mossos last fall, in which 50 Mossos are involved. The Department of the Interior of Catalonia has denied access to the presentation to various media, including Directo and was born Digital.
Following the sentencing of Catalan politicians, citizens concentrated on the following protests: According to the High Court of Justice of the State, 877 demonstrations have taken place in Catalonia. The Department of the Interior of the Generalitat is investigating a total of 34 actions carried out by the Mossos against them. Half of the cases are already being examined in the courts and the other 17 are being investigated internally. For the time being, these Mossos have not been sanctioned. This data can be read in Vilaweb, where the BBC has issued a statement.
According to the information gathered by Directo, among the actions investigated by this audit are the beatings in the head with violation of the regulations, the inappropriate use of the public address in police cars, the run almost with vans to protesters and the injury in sensitive parts of the body with foam bullets.
Deny access to some journalists
Jesús Rodríguez, de Directa, explained in this article that last Sunday, on the eve of the presentation of this audit, the Department of the Interior notified this media of its refusal of access to a journalist for asking "out of time". At the press conference, Direct says that they did not receive any press release detailing the requirements and deadlines for requesting accreditation. They have also been denied the possibility of going to the press conference to the following means: A reporter from Born Digital and TVE. The journalist at Direct pointed out that the press conference was held in front of 30 journalists and that there are 450 seats in that room.
Walk from a train station, two friends and a hug. This hug will be frozen until the next meeting. I'll come home, he'll stay there. There, too, will be free the painful feeling that injustice wants us to catch. Jesús Rodríguez (Santa Coloma de Gramenet, 1974) is a journalist,... [+]
