Overview
- On October 29, the Catalan Popular Party filed formal objections to the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory opposing the building’s resignification, arguing a lack of concrete, proven facts and proposing a tribute to terrorism victims instead.
- On October 30, memorial organizations submitted counter‑objections seeking the immediate end of police activity, the transfer of the building and its archives to the Catalan Government, and broader historical recognition, and they announced a November 23 protest at the site.
- The Spanish Government formalized the site’s status as a Democratic Memory location in July and has installed a commemorative plaque, a step that memorial groups call insufficient.
- The headquarters has functioned as a police facility for about 96 years and remains fully operational, and police unions have also contested the resignification plan.
- The Public Prosecutor’s Office has open investigative diligences into possible crimes against humanity and torture allegedly committed in the building during the Franco dictatorship.