UN Special Rapporteur on Torture warns Spain on political prisoners
Nils Melzer says that it is "problematic" to repeatedly ignore the recommendation to release the Catalan pro-independence leaders

Nils Melzer says that it is "problematic" to repeatedly ignore the recommendation to release the Catalan pro-independence leaders
Veto on mention of pro-independence political prisoners in EU fundamental rights report denounced in the European Parliament
In a new book edited and translated by Ronald Puppo and published by Fum d’Estampa
Such a measure could reduce Catalan leaders’ prison terms
Interior minister hopes for "new era in which police will act as police"
Josep Lluís Trapero regains post after Spanish court concludes he did not aid 2017 independence bid
Minister Damià Calvet and Spanish Congress MP Laura Borràs among bidders for Junts per Catalunya's presidential candidate in internal vote
Spain hopes process will lead to extradition of exiled Catalan president and MEPs Comín and Ponsatí
Three men sit in the dock accused of playing key role in 2017 attacks that killed 16 on La Rambla boulevard and in a seaside town
Juan Carlos already faces procedures in Spain and Switzerland for possible irregular commissions received for railway public contract in Saudi Arabia