Two jailed Catalan leaders to go on hunger strike
Two of the Catalan pro-independence leaders in pre-trial detention have begun a hunger strike to protest against the hearings due to start in early 2019. Jordi
Òmnium Cultural
Amnesty to ‘monitor’ trial of jailed Catalan leaders
Amnesty International has reiterated its commitment to continue to denounce the ‘unjustifiable’ detention of the Catalan pro-independence civic leaders, Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez, in what it
Omnium HQ painted with swastikas
The headquarters of Òmnium Cultural, the Catalan pro-independence civil group, has had its façade in Barcelona defaced with various red swastikas. The vice president of the group, Marcel
Supreme Court orders trial of Catalan leaders
Spain’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered 18 former Catalan leaders to stand trial over their role in last year’s declaration of independence. The trial is
One year on, ‘Jordis’ remain in pre-trial jail
On 16 October 2017, Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart became the first pro-independence leaders in Catalonia to be sent to jail for helping organise a
