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Pardons for jailed Catalan leaders expected soon, despite fierce opposition

News Desk31st May 202121st June 2021

31st May 202121st June 20211793

With the Spanish coalition government (PSOE–Podemos) led by socialist Pedro Sánchez currently considering granting pardons to the nine jailed pro-independence Catalan leaders, Spain’s right-wing and far-right opposition

EU Parliament lifts MEP immunity of Puigdemont, Comín and Ponsatí

News Desk9th March 202130th July 2021

9th March 202130th July 20212176

The European Parliament has voted to lift the immunity from prosecution of the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, and two of his former ministers, Toni

Former king Juan Carlos in new ‘credit card investigation’

News Desk4th November 202028th July 2021

4th November 202028th July 20212596

Three months after Spain’s disgraced former king Juan Carlos I left Spain for the United Arab Emirates following on-going investigations concerning corruption scandals, he is now

Quim Torra appeals against ban, seeks ‘justice in Europe’

News Desk29th September 20207th October 2020

29th September 20207th October 20202181

Quim Torra has appealed his ban from office before Spain’s Constitutional Court, and also pledged to seek ‘justice in Europe’ after being disqualified from the

Torra calls action to bar him from office for not removing banners as ‘utterly disproportionate’

News Desk18th September 202028th September 2020

18th September 202028th September 20201787

Catalan president Quim Torra faced a hearing at the Spanish Supreme Court in Madrid on Thursday, regarding the final ruling on whether he will be

Greenpeace, Oxfam launch lawsuit against Spanish government

News Desk15th September 202019th June 2021

15th September 202019th June 20212100

Three environmental groups and charities – Greenpeace, Ecologists in Action and Oxfam – have launched a joint lawsuit against the Spanish government, accusing it of not taking

Political fallout as former king ‘fleeing justice’ puts Spanish monarchy in ‘very compromised position’

News Desk9th August 20203rd August 2021

9th August 20203rd August 20214232

If Spain’s current king, Felipe VI, had hoped that the image and reputation of the Spanish Monarchy would improve following the decision of his father, former king

Belgian court rejects extradition of former Catalan minister Lluís Puig

News Desk7th August 202016th August 2020

7th August 202016th August 20202282

A third attempt by Spain to extradite one of the former Catalan independence leaders, Lluís Puig, was blocked on Friday, after being denied by a court

Seven of nine jailed Catalan leaders have ‘low category’ prison status revoked

News Desk1st August 20204th August 2020

1st August 20204th August 20202529

Of the nine Catalan pro-independence politicians and activists who were jailed for between 9-13 years by Spain’s Supreme Court on 14 October 2019, seven have had their

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‘Freedom is either total or it is not’ – jailed Catalan leaders react to being granted ‘low category’ status

News Desk14th July 20208th October 2020

14th July 20208th October 20202345

The justice department of the Catalan government has agreed to grant the lowest prison category to the nine pro-independence Catalan politicians and activists who were

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