Catalan Trial: how might the defence try to refute the charges?
Spain’s public prosecutor is requesting prison sentences totalling 177 years for the 12 Catalan pro-independence politicians and activists in the dock at the Supreme Court,...
Jordi Sànchez
Catalan Trial: Day 50 – prosecution summaries
Spain’s Public Prosecutor called the 2017 Catalan independence push “a coup d’état” during the closing arguments on Tuesday – at the Supreme Court trial of...
Lawyer Ben Emmerson: ‘Spain is acting like a rogue State’
The lawyer for the Catalan pro-independence leaders taking their case to the United Nations, Ben Emmerson, has refuted the Spanish government’s accusations of a ‘conflict...
Jordi Sànchez barred from meeting Felipe VI
The Spanish Supreme Court has barred the jailed leader of a Catalan pro-independence party from meeting king Felipe VI as part of the customary post-electoral talks,...
Spain asks UN to disqualify 2 members of panel
The Spanish government is to formally ask the United Nations to disqualify two of the five members of the UN panel responsible for writing a...
Spain doubts ‘impartiality’ of UN report on jailed leaders
The Spanish Government has cast doubt on the ‘impartiality’ and ‘independence’ of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention report made public on Wednesday, which...
Catalan Trial: Day 49 summary
On the 49th day of the Catalan Trial, the defence teams were finally able to start presenting their video evidence in court. Among their first videos were scenes...
UN Working Group demands immediate release of Catalan leaders
Note: This original report was published on 29 May. The UN Working Group then later called for the immediate release of four more jailed Catalan...
Jailed Jordi Sànchez seeks meeting with Felipe VI
The lawyer of the jailed Catalan pro-independence leader and suspended Spanish MP Jordi Sànchez – currently one of the 12 defendants in the Catalan Trial –...
Junqueras: ‘They’ve suspended us in Spain, but won’t be able to in EU’
On the eve of the EU elections and municipal elections in Spain, the decision by the committee of the Spanish Congress on Friday to suspend...
