On 18 May 2020, the Public Prosecutor opposed Jordi Cuixart’s request to be released whilst waiting for his appeal to be reviewed by the Constitutional Court of Spain.

On 31 March 2020, the Supreme Court of Spain threatened that civil servants in the Catalan regional government who authorise house arrest for political prisoners would face penal sanctions. The process of temporary release for prisoners was initiated in response to the Covid19 crisis as a measure to create more space in prisons. This stalled a process that human rights defender Jordi Cuixart, who had previously been granted temporary release, would have been eligible for.

On 14 October 2019, Catalan human rights defender Jordi Cuixart was found guilty on charges of sedition and sentenced to 9 years in prison.

Since October 2017, Jordi Cuixart has been in pre-trial detention, facing up to 25 years of prison on charges of “rebellion”. The allegations were brought against him in connection to the promotion of a peaceful demonstration in Catalonia by the human rights defender on 20 September 2017 and the referendum on the independence of Catalonia on 1 October 2017.