Catalan Trial week 3 – what to expect
Leading political figures will be taking the stand during the third week of the Catalan independence trial, which resumes on Tuesday 26 February. Catalan Trial: click here
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Catalan Trial: Day 6 summary
On the sixth day of the trial of the Catalan independence leaders, the former business minister, Santi Vila, said that the 2017 independence referendum became ‘a
Catalan Trial: Day 5 summary
Spain’s Constitutional Court ‘lacks moral authority’, according to former Catalan minister, Josep Rull, who testified on Wednesday, the fifth day in the trial of Catalan independence
Felipe VI: ‘democracy not above respecting the law’
Spain’s King Felipe VI has said democracy is not above respecting the law, in unusually outspoken comments widely interpreted as refuting claims by Catalan independence leaders
Catalan Trial: Day 4 summary
Former Catalan minister, Jordi Turull, argued in Spain’s Supreme Court today, the fourth day of the Catalan trial, that the government followed the wishes of
Mariano Rajoy to testify on 26 Feb in Catalan trial
Spain’s former prime minister Mariano Rajoy, who was in power when Catalonia’s executive tried to secede in 2017, will testify in the high-profile trial of
Catalan Trial week 2: what to expect
The trial of the Catalan pro-independence leaders enters its second week on Tuesday. After the preliminary questions and the testimonies of two of the prosecuted
Hundreds of thousands march against Catalan trial
Over 200,000 people marched through Barcelona today against the high-profile trial of Catalan independence leaders that started this week, according to Barcelona’s Guàrdia Urbana police.
Catalan Trial: Day 3 summary
‘I see myself as a political prisoner,’ was how the jailed former Catalan vice president Oriol Junqueras began his testimony in the Supreme Court on Thursday,
Opinion: Violations of ‘presumption of innocence’ in Catalan Trial
The ‘presumption of innocence‘ is a human right, enshrined in Article 11 of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In criminal matters, everyone
