http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210517-145247-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-right-of-catalonian-leaders-to-protest/ The Right of Catalonian Leaders to Protest Urías, Joaquín eng 2021-05-17 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Catalonia freedom of assembly Sedition Spanish Constitutional Court Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 22 April, the Spanish Constitutional Court issued its first judgement on the constitutionality of the conviction of the Catalonian leaders for the events of October 2017. It upheld the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the crime of sedition which blurs the line between legitimate protest and sedition. The judgment will therefore have repercussions beyond this particular case and may affect the right of protest and dissent.