This data, compiled in a document prepared by Interior in response to a request from the CUP parliamentary group, has been published by TOT Barcelona. The majority union in the education sector, USTEC, has described these actions as “political persecution.”
The report details that two of the 12 administrative fines were imposed for violating the so-called Gag Law. Specifically, the Gràcia Basic Police Area fined one person on February 11 for graffiti and another on March 20 for throwing firecrackers at police officers. Additionally, four informative proceedings were sent to the courts, and 16 data collection reports were filed in the context of meetings and demonstrations. Across Catalonia, the total number of identified or fined teachers exceeded 70.
The Interior document also indicates that several protests and road closures were not communicated in advance. For example, a concentration on February 11 that blocked the Ronda del Litoral resulted in one person being fined by the Sant Martí Basic Police Area. A similar incident occurred on March 16 on the Ronda de Dalt, with the identification and fining of a person by mossos from Horta-Guinardó.
“"There is no specific document that outlines the criteria by which the Generalitat Police – Mossos d’Esquadra (PG-ME) permits or denies road closures."
The Minister of Interior, in the report, acknowledges the lack of clear criteria for permitting or denying road closures by the Mossos d'Esquadra. However, the department reminds that state regulations empower officers to restrict circulation on public roads when there are disturbances to public safety or reasonable indications of potential incidents.
For its part, the USTEC union considers this absence of defined criteria “especially serious” and asserts that there is a “pattern of political and police persecution against mobilized teachers.”




