Vilaweb

New Bank of Spain board member resigns after accusation of supporting Catalan professor and exiled minister Clara Ponsatí

Antonio Cabrales was appointed with the support of the PP. He resigned six hours later after a media campaign by Spanish nationalists.

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El Nacional

Spanish government celebrates that Catalonia’s referendum is still punished by justice

Spokesperson Isabel Rodríguez considers that Supreme Court ruling responds to a will to “penalize” the events of October 2017

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Catalan News

Supreme Court lifts bans from public office for half of pardoned referendum leaders

Heads of mainstream pro-independence parties Turull and Junqueras still disqualified until 2030 and 2031

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Vilaweb

Llarena’s Boomerang: The Constitutional Turn of the CJEU’s Decision

This is a first step –now national courts must make use of the space provided by Luxembourg. But it is an important step, and certainly not the one Pablo Llarena …

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OHCHR

Spain: UN experts demand investigation into alleged spying programme targeting Catalan leaders

GENEVA (2 February 2023) – Spanish authorities must thoroughly investigate reports that Pegasus and Candiru spyware was used to target Catalan public figures and activists in Spain following the independence …

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The European Court of Justice rules that judicial authorities may refuse to execute a European arrest warrant on the basis of deficiencies affecting the judicial protection of an “objectively identifiable group of persons”

The European Court of Justice (CJEU) has ruled that European arrest warrants can only be rejected when there is proof of a systematic failure of the judicial system or if …

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Huge success of the unitary pro-independence protest against the French-Spanish summit in Barcelona

The unitary pro-independence protest, jointly organised by the Catalan National Assembly, Òmnium Cultural and Consell per la República the day of the French-Spanish summit in Barcelona has been a huge …

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The Catalan National Assembly strengthens its cooperation and solidarity with the Uyghur people

Last week, the president of the Catalan National Assembly, Dolors Feliu, welcomed a delegation of the Uyghur World Congress at Assemblea’s headquarters in Barcelona The Catalan National Assembly’s president Dolors …

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UNPO

Catalonia : UNPO Welcomes UN Special Rapporteurs Joint Allegation Letter Sent to Spanish Government on Use of Pegasus Spyware Against Catalan Activists

The United Nations Special Rapporteurs have called to the Spanish Government to clarify and explain its actions for the deployment of Pegasus spyware against Catalan civil society actors. The Joint Allegation …

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The United Nations denounces violations of rights in the Catalangate scandal and demands explanations from Spain

In response to the Catalan National Assembly’s complaint last April, jointly drafted with the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO), three UN Special Rapporteurs have addressed Spain with their concerns …

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