UK and Ireland
October 25th 2017
WE are academics working in the fields of law, human rights, politics, sociology, history and related subjects in the UK and Ireland. We write to draw attention to the political repression by the Spanish Government that has intensified in the period following the referendum on October 1, 2017.
We are appalled at the lack of response by the international community to Spain’s use of violence and human rights violations. As the international NGO Human Rights Watch has noted, Spanish police engaged in excessive force and violence against demonstrators.
We also write to express our outrage at the arrest of two activists Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez of the Catalan National Assembly and Omnium Cultural respectively. We are profoundly worried that this is the first step in a major escalation of repression in Catalonia.
We therefore call on our own governments to make the following unequivocal demands:
• That Spain immediately withdraws the Guardia Civil, the Spanish National Police and other paramilitary forces from Catalonia.
• That Spain immediately releases all political prisoners, including Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez and does not use imprisonment against those who organised activities in connection with the referendum.
We are concerned that the level of political repression in Catalonia at the moment is of a severity and arbitrary character not experienced since the Franco dictatorship. The people of Catalonia must be allowed to freely express their political views.
Professor David Whyte, University of Liverpool;
Dr Rob Knox, University of Liverpool;
Dr Michelle Farrell, University of Liverpool;
Dr Vickie Cooper, Open University;
Professor Imogen Tyler, Lancaster University;
Professor Gillian McIvor, University of Stirling;
Professor Steve Murdoch, University of St Andrews;
Professor Andrew Watterson, University of Stirling (personal capacity);
Professor Joe Sim, Liverpool John Moores University;
Professor Costas Lapavitsas, SOAS University of London;
Professor Bill Bowring, Birkbeck, University of London;
Professor Phil Scraton, Queens University, Belfast;
Professor Miguel Martinez Lucio, University of Manchester;
Professor Nira Yuval-Davis, University of East London;
Professor Steve Tombs, Open University;
Professor Prem Sikka, University of Essex
Professor Gilbert Achcar, SOAS University of London;
Professor Andreas Bieler, University of Nottingham;
Professor Benjamin Selwyn, University of Sussex;
Professor Michael Lavalette, Liverpool Hope University;
Professor Ronnie Lippens, Keele University;
Dr David Scott, Open University;
Dr Michael Mair, University of Liverpool;
Dr Féilim Ó hAdhmaill, University College Cork;
Tor Krever, University of Warwick;
Dr Will Jackson, Liverpool John Moores University;
Dr Richard Wild, University of Greenwich;
Dr Emily Hart, University of Liverpool;
Dr Adam Hanieh, SOAS University of London;
Dr Úna Barr, Liverpool John Moores University;
Dr Andrew Henley, Keele University;
Dr Simon Joyce, Leeds University;
Dr Gareth Dale, Brunel University;
Dr Niall Whelehan, University of Strathclyde;
Dr Feyzi Ismail, SOAS University of London;
Dr Phil Edwards, Manchester Metropolitan University;
Dr Sophia Price, Leeds Beckett University;
Dr Kirsteen Paton, University of Liverpool;
Dr Lindsey Metcalf, Liverpool John Moores University;
Colin Barker, Manchester Metropolitan University;
Dr Jeffrey Stevenson Murer, University of St Andrews;
Dr Adam Fishwick, Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University;
Dr Hazel Cameron, University of St Andrews;
Hannah R Wilkinson, Keele University;
Dr Tom Slater, University of Edinburgh;
Dr Monish Bhatia, Birkbeck, University of London;
Dr David Bailey, University of Birmingham;
Dr Jon Las Heras, University of Manchester;
Hugo Radice, University of Leeds;
Dr Kanchana N. Ruwanpura, University of Edinburgh;
Dr Luke Stobart, Birkbeck, University of London;
Dr Geraint Whittaker, University of Liverpool;
Dr Elisenda Casanas Adam, University of Edinburgh;
Dr Chris Hesketh, Oxford Brookes University;
Dr Rachel Seoighe, Middlesex University;
Dr Sofa Gradi, King's College London;
Dr Lena Wånggren, University of Edinburgh;
Dr Xavier Rubio-Campillo, University of Edinburgh;
Neil Davidson, University of Glasgow;
Dr Rizwaan Sabir, Liverpool John Moores University;
Robert Turner, University of St Andrews;
Dr Robert Jones, University of South Wales;
Dr Kathryn Chadwick, Manchester Metropolitan University;
Dr Julia Downes, Open University;
Michael Harrison, University of South Wales;
Dr Ben Whitham, De Montfort University
Dr Mary Corcoran, Keele University;
Dr Mark Hayes, Southampton Solent University;
Dr Ala Sirriyeh Lecturer in Sociology, Keele University;
Dr Mark Davis, University of Leeds;
Dr Paul McFadden, University of York;
Dr Dan van der Horst, University of Edinburgh;
Dr Louise Kowalska Ruskin College, Oxford;
Dr Ciara Kierans, University of Liverpool;
Dr Pablo Ciocchini, University of Liverpool;
Dr Stefanie Khoury, University of Liverpool;
Dr Karen Evans, University of Liverpool;
Jokubas Salyga, University of Nottingham;
Dr Owen Worth, University of Limerick;
Dr Robin Dunford, University of Brighton;
Dr Bona Muzaka, King's College London;
Dr Paul Jones, University of Liverpool
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