Catalan Trial verdict: full details of each sentence
Below are the details of each verdict and sentence announced by Spain’s Supreme Court for the Catalan political leaders and activists behind the 2017 independence bid. Also...
Oriol Junqueras
Catalan Trial verdict and sentences – up to 13 years
Nine Catalan pro-independence leaders have been convicted to 9 to 13 years in jail, guilty of sedition and some of them also misuse of funds....
Catalan Trial: Junqueras delay denied; prosecutor seeks ‘Jordis’ hearing
Spain’s Supreme Court has rejected the petition from jailed Catalan politician Oriol Junqueras to delay the verdict for his role surrounding the 2017 independence referendum until...
‘No chance’ to extradite Puigdemont on ‘fabricated’ terrorism case, says lawyer
With the arrest of Catalan pro-independence activists for plotting acts of violence, the Belgian lawyer of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has warned that if Spain tries...
Challenge to verdict ‘inevitable’ if before EU court decision on immunity
Andreu Van den Eynde, the lawyer for jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras, has warned that a challenge shall be inevitable should the Spanish Supreme Court...
Seven years of pro-independence rallies during Catalonia’s ‘La Diada’
Catalonia’s pro-independence supporters are planning a huge rally this Wednesday 11 September to again coincide with La Diada (Catalonia’s National Day). It will also be a test...
Catalan government planning response to trial verdicts
With the Spanish Supreme Court expected to deliver the verdicts in the Catalan Trial in late September or early October, the current Catalan coalition government...
Catalan president urges ‘confrontation’ for independence to succeed
Catalan president Quim Torra has stressed that ‘confrontation’ with Spain is the only plausible way to achieve Catalan independence, thus demonstrating the cracks between the...
Junqueras MEP immunity hearing set for 14 Oct
A hearing has been set for 14 October by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to determine whether or not Oriol Junqueras has...
Sánchez blames Iglesias for failure in 2nd investiture vote
Pedro Sánchez has failed again in the second round of votes to be named prime minister in the Spanish Congress. The Socialists (PSOE) won only 124...
