Catalan Trial: Day 20 summary
Day 20 of the trial of Catalan pro-independence leaders accused of organising the 2017 referendum began with 10 more Guardia Civil police officers summoned as...
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Torra replaces yellow ribbon with white (plus red stripe)
Catalan president Quim Torra has now hung a banner with a white ribbon and the message ‘Free political prisoners and exiles’ from the government headquarters balcony...
Catalan Trial: Day 19 summary
More Guardia Civil officers testified at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, on the 19th day in the trial against 12 pro-independence Catalan leaders over the 2017...
Yellow ribbons to be removed from government buildings
Catalan President Quim Torra has released a statement stating that yellow ribbons will be removed from the façade of the government headquarters in Barcelona and other...
Right to defence being undermined, say lawyers
Lawyers defending Catalan independence leaders on trial are increasingly protesting decisions by judges at Spain’s Supreme Court, which they argue undermine their clients’ right to...
Catalan Trial: Day 18 summary
Week 6 and the 18th day of the Catalan trial started on Tuesday morning with the testimony of Felipe Martínez, the deputy secretary of the Spanish...
Quim Torra maintains yellow ribbons despite ultimatum
Catalan president Quim Torra and his cabinet have decided to defy an ultimatum from the Spanish Electoral Authority and maintain the yellow ribbons on government...
Amnesty calls on Spain to release migrant rescue ships
Amnesty International has called on the Spanish government to take steps to allow two vessels confined to the ports of Barcelona and Pasaia (in the Basque...
Thousands rally in Madrid against Catalan trial
Thousands of people rallied in Madrid on Saturday afternoon against the Catalan independence trial. More than 50 Catalan pro-independence groups and political parties called on...
Franco’s remains to be exhumed in June
Spain has said that the remains of the late dictator Francisco Franco will be moved from the opulent Valley of the Fallen mausoleum to a state-run pantheon...
