Catalan Trial: Day 17 summary
On the 17th day of the Catalan trial, government officials who were allegedly in charge of the campaign to advertise the 2017 independence referendum, deemed...
Mossos d’Esquadra
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:...
Leader of Vox in Lleida arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse
A leader of the far-right Vox party in Lleida in Catalonia has been arrested for suspected sexual crimes, believed to have been committed against disabled...
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...
National Court confirms it will try former Mossos leadership
Spain’s National Court has confirmed that it will try the former leadership of the Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, for its role in the independence...
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,...
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...
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...
