Global InformationOperation Anubis information
| Operation Anubis | ||||
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| Part of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum, the 2017 Spanish constitutional crisis and the 2012–present Catalan independence movement | ||||
 A banner with the sentence Welcome to the Catalan republic was hung on the facade of the Catalan economic department. | ||||
| Date | 20 September 2017 | |||
| Location | Barcelona | |||
| Goals | Prevent the 2017 Catalan referendum of independence | |||
| Methods | Police operation | |||
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| Lead figures | ||||
Juan Antonio Ramírez Sunyer Carles Puigdemont Josep Lluís Trapero | ||||
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The Operation Anubis was a police operation in Catalonia, Spain, initiated on 20 September 2017 by the Civil Guard following orders of the trial court number 13 of Barcelona,[3][4][5] directed by judge Juan Antonio Ramírez Sunyer.[6] Its aim was to dismantle the framework of the Catalan independence referendum of 1 October 2017,[4] that was suspended on 6 September 2017 by the Constitutional Court of Spain as breaching the 1978 Constitution.[7][8][9] Different headquarters of the Generalitat de Catalunya were searched and 14 people were arrested, including high ranking administrative staff, and company CEO's involved in the preparation of the referendum. Simultaneously, several printing and media companies were searched looking for ballot papers and boxes.[10] More than 140 websites were shut down by the Spanish justice and police.[11]
Crowds gathered around Catalan regional ministries to support those arrested and protest against the searches.[12] About 40,000 demonstrators surrounded the Catalan economy department heeding a call made by pro-independence groups Òmnium Cultural and ANC.[3][13][14] One vehicle of the Civil Guard was damaged.[15] The autonomous police force of Catalonia, Mossos d'Esquadra, recognized that there was a risk situation.[16]
Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart—leaders of ANC and Òmnium Cultural— and the Mossos d'Esquadra Major Josep Lluís Trapero Álvarez have been accused of sedition, a felony regulated by the article 544 and subsequents of the Spanish Criminal Code, for allegedly encouraging protesters to hinder the Spanish police raids to dismantle the framework of the referendum.[3] On 16 October 2017, Sànchez and Cuixart were provisionally put into jail without bail pending the investigation.[3] On 14 October 2019, the Spanish Supreme Court condemned Sànchez and Cuixart to a nine-year sentence after considering them guilty of sedition.[17][18][19] Amnesty International believes their detention and sentence constitutes a disproportionate restriction on his rights to free speech and peaceful assembly, and urges Spain to free them.[20][21]
- ^ Peral, María (2017-09-29). "Así dejó tirados la jefa de los Mossos, Teresa Laplana, a los guardias civiles sitiados". El Español.
- ^ a b "El juez ordenó a Trapero que evacuara a los guardias asediados en Barcelona". Lainformación. 2017-09-22.
- ^ a b c d "The "Jordis" are not political prisoners – here's why". El País. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ a b "La Guardia Civil cercena el 1-O" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ "Liberados siete de los 14 detenidos en la operación Anubis de la Guardia Civil" [Freed seven of the fourteen arrested during Civil Guard's Operation Anubis]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ Sáiz Pardo, Melchor (2017-09-21). "'Operación Anubis': diez millones de papeletas y golpe a los cerebros del 1-O". Diario Sur.
- ^ "Recurso de inconstitucionalidad n.º 4334-2017, contra la Ley del Parlamento de Cataluña 19/2017, de 6 de septiembre, del Referéndum de Autodeterminación" (PDF) (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "Spain Catalonia: Court blocks independence referendum". BBC News. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ Duarte, Esteban (11 September 2017). "Catalan Separatists Plot Show of Force in Battle With Madrid". Bloomberg. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ Jones, Sam; Burgen, Stephen (21 September 2017). "Spain crisis: 'stop this radicalism and disobedience,' PM tells Catalan leaders". The Guardian. Madrid/Barcelona. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ Solé, Alba (25 September 2017). "La Guàrdia Civil tanca el web de l'ANC i 140 més sobre l'1-O". El Nacional. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ Stone, Jon (20 September 2017). "Spanish police storm Catalan government buildings to stop independence referendum". Independent. Europe correspondent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
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EuropaPress27022018was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Violent clashes over Catalan separatist leaders' prison terms". The Guardian. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ Catalan separatist leaders handed jail terms for independence bid
- ^ Sentencia del ‘procés’: penas de 9 a 13 años para Junqueras y los otros líderes por sedición y malversación (in Spanish)
- ^ "Spain: leading Catalan figures Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart should be freed". www.amnesty.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ "Amnesty International Calls on Spain to Release Two of the Jailed Catalan Leaders". The New York Times. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2019-11-20.