El Nacional
Spanish Supreme Court maintains ‘aggravated’ misuse of funds charge against Puigdemont
Appeals chamber dismisses defence arguments and maintains judge Pablo Llarena’s use of a more severe misuse of funds charge
El Nacional
Catalan News
European Parliament urges Spain for an ‘effective and fair’ investigation on ‘Catalangate’
Clarifying espionage on 65 pro-independence leaders and involving Europol in report approved by MEPs
El Nacional
Catalan language NGO tells Belgian court that it was spied on by Spain with Pegasus software
New breaches of the rights of Catalan people and groups. Members of the pro-Catalan language organization Plataforma per la Llengua have testified in a Belgian court that they were spied on by …
Catalan News
Two in three websites in Catalan lost visits as Google shows fewer results in language, group says
Two in three websites in Catalan have lost visits compared to ones in Spanish as the Google search engine results page shows fewer links in Catalan, a study carried out …
El Nacional
Dani Gallardo, jailed for 4 years over 2019 pro-independence protest in Madrid
Supreme Court only reduces Dani Gallardo’s sentence by six months on appeal, and thus he could now return to prison
Catalan News
2017 parliament bureau members disqualified for four months over allowing independence motions
Four members of the Catalan parliament bureau in 2017, during the failed independence push, have been disqualified for four months for allowing MPs to discuss and vote motions on the …
Wired
Leaked Government Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption
In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country’s officials said it is “imperative that we have access to the data”.
Politico
Spain violated Catalan ex-leader’s rights, UN body rules
Carles Puigdemont hails resolution and slams Madrid.
Vilaweb
The UN rules against Spain for violating the political rights of Carles Puigdemont
The Committee on Human Rights condemns the suspension of Carles Puigdemont as MP and argues it contravenes “the essence of democratic goverance”
CIRSD
Catalan independence – article by Vicent Partal
The crisis between Spain and Catalonia is not new, as there has been a political and institutional conflict between the two nations since at least the eighteenth century. During this …