Catalan Trial: Day 44 summary
Day 44 of the Catalan Trial, the penultimate day of all the witness hearings, was marked by a clash between Supreme Court judge Manuel Marchena and Jordi Cuixart‘s...
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Puigdemont appeals ban on standing in EU elections
The Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) party is appealing the decision by Spain’s electoral authority (JEC) to bar former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, and his former ministers...
Catalan Trial: Day 32 summary
On day 32 of the Catalan trial at the Supreme Court in Madrid, more Spanish National Police officers began testifying from 10am. Catalan Trial: click...
Catalan Trial: Day 25 summary
Protestors ‘violently attacked’ police carrying out a raid on the far-left CUP party HQ on 20 September 2017, the head of the information unit of the...
Catalan Trial: Day 23 summary
A German politician who was in Catalonia on 1 October 2017 and who witnessed the independence referendum said he was ‘impressed’ by the ‘calm’ attitude...
Thousands rally in Madrid against Catalan trial
Thousands of people rallied in Madrid on Saturday afternoon against the Catalan independence trial. More than 50 Catalan pro-independence groups and political parties called on...
Catalan Trial: Day 15 summary
‘I never saw the material, it was sealed,’ Rosa María Sans, from the Artyplan graphic design company, told the Supreme Court on Tuesday, as the...
EU event: Catalan trial is ‘thanks’ to far-right Vox
It is ‘thanks’ to Vox that 12 Catalan independence leaders are on trial in Spain’s Supreme Court, the secretary-general of the far-right party, Javier Ortega...
The ‘Jordis’ can now appeal to EU Court of Human Rights
Spain’s Constitutional Court has turned down appeals for release by two activist leaders currently on trial in the Supreme Court for their part in the 2017...
Catalan Trial: Day 7 summary
Catalan activist Jordi Cuixart defended the ‘right to vote’ in the Supreme Court today, as the third week and seventh day of the trial of Catalan independence...
