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Pro-independence parties demand reparation of former president in execution anniversary
President Aragonès urges 'institutional statement' of Spain annulling Francoist conviction that ended life of Lluís Companys
Solemn plenary session in Parliament to mark 90th anniversary of modern chamber
Former Catalan presidents and speakers attend event to honor institution that was banned during four-decade Franco regime
Political unity in remembering Catalan president executed at hands of Francoist regime
Lluís Companys, defender of Spanish Second Republic, honored with floral tributes in Montjuïc hill
PODCAST: Open Wounds – Dealing with the Francoist Past
45 years after the death of dictator Francisco Franco many issues remain unresolved
'Our institutions continue to be attacked': President's execution at hands of Franco remembered
Parties say 'repression' continues 81 years after Lluís Companys’ murder as officials' assets to be seized
Proclamation of the Catalan Republic: 90 years on
Exhibitions, official events and criticism of the crown mark anniversary of the only democratic period prior to the current one
80th anniversary of Catalan president’s execution at hands of Francoist regime
Lluís Companys, defender of the Spanish Second Republic, honored with Stolpersteine stone
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New historic memory bill annuls Francoist sentence of executed Catalan president
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Pere Aragonès claims imprisonment of independence leaders and shooting of Lluís Companys in 1940 were both for "political reasons"
Catalan political class pays tribute to president executed by Franco regime
Representatives lay flowers at the grave of Lluís Companys on Montjuïc, where the Catalan leader was executed by firing squad 78 years ago
Parliament calls to annul summary courts-martials during Franco regime
The Catalan Parliament passed this Wednesday a bill aimed at annulling all the express judicial sentences of the Franco regime, known as summary court-martials. 78,000 people were condemned between 1939 and 1975, 20,000 of them through these judicial procedures, among which was the Catalan President Lluís Companys, who was executed in 1940, and the anarchist activist Salvador Puig Antich, who was one of the last victims of the Francoist garrotte executions for political reasons. Now, 41 years after Franco’s death, the victims and relatives of the victims is seeing the Parliament take action so as that all the verdicts can be declared null and void. This proposal of judicial reparation for the “dignity” of the victims was driven by the cross-party pro-independence coalition ‘Junts pel Sí’, the radical-left CUP and the alternative left-coalition ‘Catalunya Sí que es Pot' (CSQP).