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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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...
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...
Catalan Trial: Day 14 summary
In the days leading up to the independence referendum on 1 October 2017, none of the three police forces charged with halting the vote expected...
Catalan Trial: Day 13 summary
The former Spanish police leadership in Catalonia began testifying in the independence trial on Thursday 7 March, the 13th day of the trial Catalan Trial:...
Catalan Trial: Day 12 summary
After Guardia Civil colonel Diego Pérez de los Cobos completed his testimony (which began yesterday afternoon), Montserrat del Toro testified on the 12th day of the Catalan...
Catalan Trial: Day 11 summary
Some pro-independence protests were peaceful, but ‘others were violent, with harassment, and objects thrown,’ Enric Millo, the Spanish government delegate in Catalonia during the 2017 political...
Catalan Trial: Day 10 summary
‘The force used was the minimum required,’ Spain’s former secretary of state for security said about the Spanish police operation to stop the 1 October...
Catalan Trial: Day 8 summary
Witnesses began giving testimony today, on the 8th day of the trial of Catalan independence leaders in Spain’s Supreme Court, including Spain’s former prime minister,...
