political prisoners

British MP raises imprisonment of Catalan speaker in UK parliament

Foreign affairs minister rejects Ronnie Cowan's call for British government to condemn jailing of Carme Forcadell

pretrial hearing

Spanish high court will hear cases of former Catalan police heads on February 5

 Pretrial hearing to decide whether officials will be tried in Catalonia

political prisoners

Spanish court blocks appearence of political prisoners in Catalan Parliament

Catalan parties call court's action a delaying strategy

solidarity

PEN International denounces detention of Cuixart & Sànchez

The two leaders were incarcerated for expressing peacefully their political views, according to the entity

referendum trial

How will the international observers team organise during the referendum trial?

International Trial Watch has launched fund-raising effort to monitor the trial

referendum trial

Raül Romeva: "Spain's problem is the violation of fundamental rights, the prisoners are only a symptom"

interview

Chris Bambery: "People are discovering the reality of Spain’s flawed democracy and the lack of independence of the judiciary"

solidarity

Varoufakis criticises Spain for having Catalan political prisoners

Greek former finance minister demands EU to take action to solve this

referendum trial

Amnesty International requests being an observer in the referendum trial

To make sure Catalonia's pro-independence leaders receive a fair trial

after 1-O referendum

Human Rights Watch denounces the impunity of the Spanish police

In its World Report 2019

repression

Catalan government to sue Spanish police for unacceptable arrests

16 people were detained on Wednesday in Girona without judicial authorisation

repression

Spanish police arrest 16 proindy activists shortly before referendum trial begins

Two mayors, a photojournalist and president's nephew among those detained

referendum trial

The dark side of Spain's Supreme Court

Lluís Mestres, a lawyer with Associació Atenes, explains why this court is not appropriate to judge Catalonia's proindy leaders

referendum trial

King Felipe, Puigdemont and Rajoy among proposed witnesses 

Catalan political prisoners issue their statements of defense

spanish budget

Madrid rejects launching political negotiation in exchange for budget

Catalan ministers Artadi and Aragonès to meet with Spanish vice president on Thursday

us trip

'Western world cannot allow forceful suppression of independence movement' says Catalan president in Stanford

migrant crisis

Spain denies NGO rescue boat permission to leave Barcelona's port

Harbour master refuses to allow Open Arms to begin rescue mission in Libyan waters

referendum trial

Catalan political prisoners request five international observers to attend their trial

The hearings are due to start in Madrid during the coming weeks

interview

Andrej Hunko
(Die Linke MP): 'Between Spain and Germany, there is a close relationship in matters of security and secret services'

referendum trial

Catalan political prisoners to be transferred to Madrid last week of January

The request by Spain's Supreme Court is a clear sign that hearings will kick off soon

conference

Catalan President goes to US to give talk at Stanford University

ERC party holds meeting in Geneva with exiled secretary general

new record

Wikipedia in Catalan reaches 600.000 articles

It’s the 20th in number of entries and among top 3 in quality

award

Catalonia International Prize for Vinton Cerf, one of the fathers of the internet

He was the president of ICANN when it approved the .cat domain

repression

Persecuted as a terrorist

Activist Tamara Carrasco campaigns for an independent Catalonia and has been in house arrest for nine months

referendum trial

Pro-independence leaders to defend referendum legitimacy in trial

Calling referendums was decriminalised in Spain in 2005

interview

Alan Stivell: 'Catalonia's political prisoners represent the suicide of the idea of ​​Europe'

Interview with the veteran Breton musician

new year

What will happen in Catalonia in 2019?

Long prison sentences for political prisoners could inflame conflict with Spain again and might force snap elections