Vilaweb

Spanish judge may have seriously violated European law to try to impute an accidental death to Tsunami Democratic protest

Judge Manuel García-Castellón has instrumentalized the death of a French tourist to try to strengthen the terrorism charges against those accused by Tsunami Democràtic, in case of a possible amnesty …

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Assemblea makes an official complaint to the EU ombudsman for the categorisation of the Catalan pro-independence movement as “extremism” in a Europol terrorism report

The Catalan National Assembly has filed an official maladministration complaint before the European Ombudsman for the inclusion of the Catalan pro-independence movement in an ‘Extremism’ section in a Europol terrorism …

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New Internationalist

Spies, damned spies

Bethany Rielly explores the chilling impact of the Spanish state’s intrusive surveillance tactics against Catalan civil society. Is there a chance of justice?

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Catalan News

Vote on making Catalan official at EU postponed again

Spain’s “adapted proposal” would prevent other languages from using Catalan, Basque and Galician as precedent

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PACE

Five member states must investigate spyware abuse, says PACE

Citing “mounting evidence” that spyware has been used for illegitimate purposes by several Council of Europe member states, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has urged five …

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Assemblea denounces the criminalization of Catalonia’s independence movement before the OSCE

The Catalan National Assembly has taken part in the 2023 OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference, one of the most important gatherings on the state of human rights in Europe, to …

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The National

Scotland desperately needs its own National Assembly like Catalonia’s

IT’S six years since Catalonia held its referendum on self-determination. At the time, I, as chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Catalonia, and other parliamentary members – including Hywel Williams …

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El Nacional

The EU postpones the vote on the official status of Catalan due to a lack of agreement

Spain has had to withdraw its proposal after failing to reach unanimity among the representatives of the 27

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Catalan News

Catalonia calculates fiscal deficit at €22bn in 2021, 9.6% of GDP

Finance minister criticizes Spain for “sustained, unfair and deliberate financial suffocation”

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Catalan News

Former interior minister sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for Puigdemont police escort

Michel Buch oversaw Catalonia’s Mossos d’Esquadra police after 2017 independence referendum

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