Spain to update sedition law to become ‘aggravated public disorder’
The coalition government of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is introducing a bill to reform the criminal code by updating the offence of ‘sedition’, bringing
Catalan Trial
Amid political in-fighting, Catalan independence takes to the streets again for ‘La Diada’
While the local police in Barcelona calculated that 150,000 people attended a mass pro-independence rally in the city on Sunday, coinciding with ‘La Diada’ (the
UN human rights committee says Spain at fault for suspension of Catalan MPs
Independent human rights experts working with the United Nations have said that Spain violated the political rights of members of the Catalan government and parliament by
Supreme Court to allow appeals against pardons given to Catalan independence leaders
Spain’s Supreme Court has reversed its decision to uphold the pardons granted for the formerly jailed Catalan independence leaders. On Tuesday, the court voted in favour
Catalan government rejects spying investigation, demands resignations
The Spanish government has promised full transparency by opening an ‘internal investigation’ into allegations that 65 pro-independence Catalan politicians and activists have been the target of
Puigdemont returns to Belgium before Sardinia extradition hearing on 4 Oct
Final update on Sun 26 Sept at 19h. Former Catalan president and MEP Carles Puigdemont, detained by Italian police on his arrival to Sardinia on Thursday evening
Sánchez and Aragonès resume talks, despite ‘radically different’ views
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with the Catalan President Pere Aragonès in Barcelona on Wednesday – at the start of resuming ‘dialogue’ between the two governments on resolving the Catalan
Over 100,000 rally in Barcelona for Catalan independence on the ‘Diada’
Over 100,000 people took to the streets in Barcelona on Saturday afternoon, marking the 10th year in a row that a huge pro-independence rally has
Scottish court dismisses extradition case of Catalan MEP, Clara Ponsatí
A court in Scotland has dropped the extradition case of Clara Ponsatí, a Catalan pro-independence politician wanted by Spain for ‘sedition’, stating it no longer
Puigdemont, Comín and Ponsatí lose immunity again
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, together with two of his former ministers, Toni Comín and Clara Ponsatí, have again lost their parliamentary immunity after the European