The Assemblea Nacional Catalana (ANC) states that the transfer of the Catalan political prisoners is not a political concession, but a legal obligation, and demands that they be released and that the case be shelved

Six of the nine political prisoners are now in Catalan penitentiary centres. Yesterday, Oriol Junqueras, Raül Romeva, Jordi Sànchez, Jordi Cuixart, Carme Forcadell and Dolors Bassa were transferred from Madrid …

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ANC’s president meets French MPs who urge the Spanish State, and ask the EU, for dialogue and freedom of Catalan political prisoners

Yesterday the President of the Assemblea Nacional Catalana (ANC), Elisenda Paluzie, met a number of European MPs and politicians in Paris. She took the opportunity to outline the current situation …

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The Catalan National Assembly holds a debate in Amsterdam on the present and future of Catalonia

Last Friday, Tayssir Azouz, member of the Executive Council of the Assembly, participated in a debate/conference organized by the local Netherlands chapter of the ANC in Amsterdam on the situation …

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The Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and the Catalan Association of Civil Rights (ACDC) report serious shortcomings in the Spanish judiciary before the United Nations Human Rights Council

Lawyer Jordi Palou Loverdos, on behalf of the ANC and the ACDC, spoke today at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. During his address …

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Denmark hosts a debate on the October 1st referendum for self-determination

Last Monday, June 11th, Copenhagen was the site of a debate, organized by the 92,000-member strong Danish Association of Lawyers and Economists (Djøf), on one of the most significant Catalan …

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The Catalan National Assembly explains developments in Catalonia to Westminster MPs

The President of the National Assembly, Elisenda Paluzie, reviewed on June 7 the current situation in Catalonia with members of the APPG (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Catalonia), a number of …

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New government in Spain: new opportunities?

Last Friday, Pedro Sánchez, the leader of the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers Party), won the necessary votes to move forward with a motion of no-confidence and oust the government of …

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Aamer Anwar accuses the Spanish judiciary of not being independent: “There is political persecution”

In October 2017 several members of the Catalan Government decided to go into exile abroad for fear of repression on the part of the Spanish State after their having declared …

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Report on the Spanish Government’s Communiqué

The Spanish government issued a statement today stating that the decree appointing the ministers that form the Government of the Generalitat will not be published in the Official Journal of …

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Who is breaking up Spain?

Catalonia is being accused of embarking in a feverish nationalist adventure to break up with Spain. Is this true? If so, who is the nationalist? And is it a temporal …

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