The UAB comes together to demand dialogue and to protest against recent imprisonments
The UAB adhered today to the call for a temporary 15-minute halt in all activities at 12 noon at all Catalan universities. In front of the Rectorat building, UAB Rector Margarita Arboix affirmed that the university "will always be in favour of dialogue and the reinforcement of democracy".
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Rector Arboix participated in the demonstration in front of the Rectorat building, where she read the university's statement affirming that "the imprisonment of the leaders of Òmnium Cultural and Assemblea Nacional Catalana, ordered yesterday by the Audiencia Nacional, and based on a complete confidence in judicial independence, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona laments what it considers to be a totally disproportionate and inappropriate measure".
According to Rector Arboix, "democracy, dialogue and tolerance have always been our main principles" and she assured university members that "now more than ever" there is a need for an open dialogue "without any prior conditions". She also spoke to the university community to show her appreciation in constructing a "tolerant university which respects democracy and freedom".