Catalan Trial: Day 31 summary
A senior official from the Guardia Civil police was the first witness to take the stand in Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday morning, as week 10 and...
Spanish Supreme Court
No election rallies or debates in prison for Catalans on trial
The Spanish Government has turned down a petition from jailed Catalan pro-independence politicians currently on trial and running in Spain’s forthcoming general election, from holding...
Catalan Trial: Day 30 summary
A further 15 officers from the Spanish National Police were summoned to appear as witnesses in the Catalan independence trial on Thursday, to recount their experiences...
Candidates must remain in jail during election campaign
Spain’s Supreme Court has rejected a request from six jailed pro-independence politicians to leave prison in order to take part in the campaigns for the...
Catalan Trial: Day 29 summary
Spanish law enforcement officers from the National Police testified on the 29th day of the Catalan Trial – and, as their colleagues had done the...
Catalan Trial: Day 28 summary
Some 30 officers from the Spanish National Police are due to testify as witnesses in week 9 of the trial of Catalan independence leaders in...
Catalan Trial: Day 27 summary
Juan Carlos Molinero, the second-in-command of the Catalan police (the Mossos d’Esquadra) during the 2017 independence referendum, began his testimony in Spain’s Supreme Court on...
Catalan Trial: Day 26 summary
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont pledged to declare independence if the 2017 independence referendum led to ‘incidents’, according to Ferran López, the then second-in-command of...
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 24 summary
Officers from the Spanish National Police, the Guardia Civil and the Catalan police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, were scheduled to testify on day 24 of the...
