Catalan trial starts: the accused, charges, accusers
The trial against Catalan independence leaders, which is set to have a major political impact on Spain, has started today, Tuesday 12 February. Twelve people...
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Spain’s image campaign to counteract ‘baseless attacks’
The trial starting of 12 Catalan leaders over their role in Catalonia’s failed independence bid will be fought between Madrid and pro-independence supporters in the...
Trial focus: Spanish judiciary also on defensive
As 12 Catalan independence leaders prepare to go on trial in Madrid, Spain has been forced to defend the independence and impartiality of its courts....
Trial focus: ‘It’s Oriol Junqueras’s moment’
It’s been a tumultuous few years for Oriol Junqueras, the Catalan professor who became vice-president of a government that tried to break away from Spain,...
Trial focus: ‘popular prosecution has no equivalent elsewhere in EU’
Far-right Spanish party Vox is on track to get a global soapbox as it takes part in the much-hyped trial of Catalan pro-independence leaders as...
Catalan trial focus: ‘In the end, they are judging all of us’
With vigils and concerts outside prisons, Catalan independence supporters for months have shown their backing for 12 leaders who go on trial on Tuesday over...
Catalan trial: controversy over ‘rebellion’ and violence
The trial of 12 Catalan pro-independence leaders involved in a bid to secede from Spain that plunged the country into crisis starts on Tuesday under...
Artur Mas banned from office until 2020 confirmed
Spain’s High Court of Justice in Catalonia (TSJC) has confirmed the sentence against former Catalan president Artur Mas, banning him from public office until February...
Jailed Catalan leaders demand trial delay
Five of the jailed Catalan pro-independence leaders have requested a delay in the beginning of their trial, currently set for 12 February. The Supreme Court...
Quim Torra: ‘they have not committed any crimes’
A dozen Catalan pro-independence leaders will go on trial on 12 February over their bid to make the region independent from Spain, the Supreme Court...
