BBC

Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont arrested in Italy

Exiled Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has been detained in Italy on a Spanish arrest warrant. Spain has accused him of sedition for a breakaway independence referendum in 2017 that …

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Green Left AU

Catalan National Day: Huge turnout by a movement that refuses to die

The river of independence supporters that flooded central Barcelona gave the lie to fears that the Catalan movement had been mortally wounded by ongoing Spanish state legal repression, 18 months …

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Former Catalan political prisoner Jordi Sànchez takes his case to the European Court of Human Rights against Spain

The Catalan National Assembly backs its former president Jordi Sànchez’s appeal of his 9-year prison sentence for the crime of sedition, which he received for his role as a civil …

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Reuters

Thousands of Catalans rally for independence in Barcelona

Thousands of Catalans chanted, sang and waved flags as they marched through Barcelona on Saturday, calling for the region’s independence from Spain. The march, organised by the grassroots Assemblea Nacional …

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400,000 people fill the streets of Barcelona in a new massive call for independence on the Catalan National Day

Over 400,000 people participated in the Catalan National Day demonstration in Barcelona, the biggest political demonstration in Europe since the COVID19 Pandemic, to defend fundamental rights in the face of …

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Elnacional.cat

Paluzie calls on independence movement to send a strong message from the street

This year’s Diada – the Catalan National Day, on September 11th – has its own unique context: it will be the scene-setter for a week in which the Catalonia-Spain dialogue table on the political conflict …

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The Catalan National Assembly mobilizes its foreign assemblies for the Catalan National Day

A dozen foreign assemblies of Assemblea –the Catalan National Assembly– all over the globe will hold several political and cultural events, as well as social gatherings, on the occasion of …

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Jacobin Magazine

The Whitewashing of Franco’s Regime in Spain Must End

Above all, it leaves untouched the legal structures which have ensured the impunity of Francoist elites for the past forty years. This is not an accident, as the new law’s …

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Catalan News

Scottish court closes extradition case of exiled Catalan leader

A Scottish court has closed the extradition case of Clara Ponsatí, an exiled Catalan politician wanted in Spain for her role in the failed independence push, arguing that it no longer …

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Catalan News

Public prosecutor seeks terrorism charges for CDR pro-independence activists

The public prosecutor of Spain’s National Court has proposed charging the Catalan CDR pro-independence activists who were arrested on September 23, 2019 with belonging to a terrorist organization, as reported by online outlet …

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