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Jordi Sànchez: ‘Nothing we’ve seen in our trial justifies prison’

Newsdesk / ACN18th April 201924th April 2019

18th April 201924th April 20192714

The main candidate in the forthcoming elections for the pro-independence Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) candidacy, Jordi Sànchez, one of the defendants in the on-going Catalan trial, has...

Catalan Trial: Day 33 summary

Newsdesk / ACN18th April 201922nd April 2019

18th April 201922nd April 20192509

Day 33 of the Catalan trial at the Supreme Court in Madrid saw several more Spanish National Police officers giving their testimonies. They all answered questions about...

PP candidate: ‘Do you really say yes, yes, yes until the end?’

Newsdesk / ACN17th April 201913th August 2020

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The People’s Party (PP) candidate in Catalonia, Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, sparked a controversy with her comments on sexual consent during a Spanish TV election debate....

NGO ship released for aid mission but not refugee rescue

Newsdesk / ACN17th April 201922nd April 2019

17th April 201922nd April 20192514

The NGO ship Open Arms has received permission to leave Barcelona, where it had been forbidden to set sail from the port for more than...

Catalan Trial: Day 32 summary

Newsdesk / ACN16th April 201918th April 2019

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On day 32 of the Catalan trial at the Supreme Court in Madrid, more Spanish National Police officers began testifying from 10am. Catalan Trial: click...

Catalan Trial: Day 31 summary

Newsdesk / ACN16th April 201916th April 2019

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A senior official from the Guardia Civil police was the first witness to take the stand in Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday morning, as week 10 and...

No election rallies or debates in prison for Catalans on trial

Newsdesk / ACN13th April 201917th April 2019

13th April 201917th April 20192140

The Spanish Government has turned down a petition from jailed Catalan pro-independence politicians currently on trial and running in Spain’s forthcoming general election, from holding...

Candidates must remain in jail during election campaign

Newsdesk / ACN11th April 201913th April 2019

11th April 201913th April 20192031

Spain’s Supreme Court has rejected a request from six jailed pro-independence politicians to leave prison in order to take part in the campaigns for the...

Catalan Trial: Day 29 summary

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Spanish law enforcement officers from the National Police testified on the 29th day of the Catalan Trial – and, as their colleagues had done the...

30 people indicted over Catalan referendum logistics

Newsdesk / ACN10th April 201913th April 2019

10th April 201913th April 20193266

A Barcelona court is to go ahead with the prosecution of some 30 people indicted for misuse of public funds, disobedience, deceit, revealing secrets and...

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