Junqueras: ‘I consider myself a political prisoner’
The lead defendant in a rebellion case against Catalan independence leaders refused to answer prosecutors’ questions as he took the stand today at Spain’s most...
Catalan Trial
Catalan Trial: Day 2 summary
On the second day of the Catalan trial, a Spanish public prosecutor today accused Catalan independence leaders of trying to use ‘human shields’ to block...
Catalan Trial: Day 1 summary
The trial of Catalan independence leaders began on Tuesday 12 February, and for the next few months, 12 politicians and activists will be tried for...
A ‘political trial’, ‘act of vengeance’, ‘outrageous’
The trial of pro-independence leaders in the Spanish Supreme Court is ‘shameful,’ ‘painful’ and ‘outrageous’ according to several political leaders, speaking to the press at...
Vox: pro-independence ‘coup d’état is alive’
The head of the far-right Vox party, Santiago Abascal, says that the fact that the Catalan president, Quim Torra, is in the courtroom during the...
Puigdemont: trial a ‘stress test’ for Spanish democracy and judiciary
Catalonia’s former leader Carles Puigdemont has said that the high-profile trial that started today in Madrid of 12 ex-colleagues involved in a secession bid was a...
Catalan trial starts: the accused, charges, accusers
The trial against Catalan independence leaders, which is set to have a major political impact on Spain, has started today, Tuesday 12 February. Twelve people...
Spain’s image campaign to counteract ‘baseless attacks’
The trial starting of 12 Catalan leaders over their role in Catalonia’s failed independence bid will be fought between Madrid and pro-independence supporters in the...
Trial focus: ‘It’s Oriol Junqueras’s moment’
It’s been a tumultuous few years for Oriol Junqueras, the Catalan professor who became vice-president of a government that tried to break away from Spain,...
Trial focus: ‘popular prosecution has no equivalent elsewhere in EU’
Far-right Spanish party Vox is on track to get a global soapbox as it takes part in the much-hyped trial of Catalan pro-independence leaders as...
