Newsweek
While Spain arrested rapper Pablo Hasél this month for exercising his right to freedom of expression, Russia humiliated the European Union, which Spain is a member of, by highlighting the country’s …
The National Scot
A LEGAL row over the withdrawal of parliamentary immunity for three MEPs took another twist yesterday when the bete noire of the Catalan independence movement said he would take the issue to …
The Guardian
The arrest of Pablo Hasél this month, a Spanish rapper who has been convicted of glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy in his lyrics, didn’t surprise me. When I was …
The campaign aims at raising awareness concerning the persecution of Catalan MEPs by Spanish authorities, as it represents a new worrying case of repressive action against the rights of the …
Al Jazeera
A woman has lost an eye amid protests in Spain over the arrest of rap artist Pablo Hasel – demonstrations that have seen police fire rubber bullets and baton-charge demonstrators, …
Pablo Hasél has been sentenced to 9 months of prison for criticizing the Spanish monarchy in songs and tweets. This Tuesday, 16th of February, police broke through a barricade set up …
The 14th of February Catalan parliamentary elections have shown that support for the Catalan pro-independence movement is higher than ever, both in terms of a parliamentary majority and in the …
The National
FORMER Catalan president Carles Puigdemont – now an MEP – has urged Europe’s top diplomat to quit after a humiliating visit to Moscow. Josep Borrell, Spain’s former foreign minister, was …
EU Observer
“Palm Trees in the Snow,” EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said to Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Friday (5 February). “Huh?”, Lavrov said.
Conter
This weekend Now Scotland, a membership organisation for the Scottish independence movement, will be launched. It draws inspiration in part from Catalonia. We can learn a great deal from the …