Open Democracy
Spain’s response to protests is a dangerous step towards authoritarianism
“The reality is a democratic mass movement increasingly frustrated with successive governments who have sought juridical answers to political problems.”
Open Democracy
El Nacional
European Commission reminds Spanish deputy PM of the norms after Belgium threat
The European Commission has today given a reminder that European Arrest Warrants (EAWs) are “a purely judicial procedure”. Asked about the warning given by Spain’s acting deputy PM, Carmen Calvo, to the Belgian government …
El Nacional
Council of Europe calls for police “abuses” in Catalan protests to be punished
The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Dunja Mijatovic, has demanded that Spain investigate and appropriately punish all “abusive use of force” by police which may have occurred during the protests …
Amnesty International
Spain: authorities ‘must reduce tensions’ in Catalonia protests
In response to the demonstrations in Barcelona and the rest of Catalonia after the Spanish Supreme Court sentenced 12 Catalan political leaders and activists, Amnesty International has called on the …
Wired
Catalonia has created a new kind of online activism. Everyone should pay attention
A pro-independence group is leveraging social media and peer-to-peer technology to orchestrate massive protests. The catch? No one knows who runs it
Statement of the Catalan National Assembly in relation to the developments in Catalonia
On Monday, October 14, the Spanish Supreme Court announced the prison sentences for the nine Catalan civic and political leaders, with edicts that go from 13 years of jail …
Catalan National Assembly foreign branches organize a second wave of protests abroad
The aim of the Foreign Assemblies is to inform about the right to self-determination and to report violations of rights that Spain inflicts on political minorities such as Catalan people …
Statement of the Catalan National Assembly in relation to the Turkish military invasion of Syrian Kurdistan
On October 9, the Turkish armed forces initiated a military offensive against the Kurds in Syria, taking advantage of the withdrawal of U.S. armed forces from the northern part …
Counterfire
Flawed Transition: why the Spanish state is repressing the Catalan independence movement
Catalonia awaits the verdict in the trial at the Spanish Supreme Court of 12 political and civic leaders charged with ‘rebellion’ and ‘sedition’ for their part in the 1 October …
Indian Express
How Gandhian idea of non-violence is shaping political struggle in Spain
As the Gandhian moment of Catalonia is showing the world, democracy is not only about institutions, law-making and carrying on governmental administration by means of popular suffrage and elected officers.