El Nacional
The Catalan case reaches the Bundestag
The case of Catalonia has reached the Bundestag. Political party Die Linke has tabled a motion in the lower house of the German parliament, asking the government of Angela Merkelto work …
El Nacional
The Times of London
British police chief rejects claim Catalan separatists were violent
The findings of Sir Hugh Orde, a former chief constable with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and expert on public order, contradict the narrative presented by the prosecution …
El Nacional
41 French senators call for France and the EU to intervene in the Catalan conflict
Forty-one French senators from different political groups have issued a call for the respect of fundamental rights and freedoms in Catalonia. The unprecedented text that they have written condemns the …
Salon
Exclusive (2): Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont on reinventing nationalism in a new century
From exile in Belgium, Catalan president talks about reinventing democracy after “right” and “left” have collapsed.
Nederlands Juristencomité voor de Mensenrechten
NJCM-trial observation: Catalan separatists and protest leaders, Supreme Court in Madrid
At the request of International Trial Watch Jelle Klaas, NJCM’s Litigation director and human rights lawyer, observed the trials of some of the Catalan separatists and protest leaders before the Supreme Court …
Salon
Exclusive: Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont on the future of Spain and Europe
Carles Puigdemont led Catalonia’s 2017 attempt to break away from Spain. He wants Americans to understand why.
The Independent
Wives of Catalan leaders on trial speak out: ‘All we can do is keep supporting them’
For the loved ones of the 12 Catalan separatists on trial at the Supreme Court in Madrid, this distance is both a painful metaphor and proof of what they insist …
El Nacional
Cuixart and Forcadell deal prosecutors a knock-out blow
The third week of the Catalan independence trial started today with the last defendants taking the stand. Jordi Cuixart dismantled the public prosecutors’ arguments; they then didn’t even bother to try to …
The Real News Network
Spain Struggles for its Identity as Catalan Independence Leaders Face Trial
The trial against 12 Catalan independence leaders exposes the extent to which Spain’s status as a coherent nation-state is being questioned. The governing socialist party is now feeling the consequences …
The Globe Post
Catalan Separatists on Trial Pay Price for Spain’s Crude Transition to Democracy
Watching the trials of the Catalan independentists now taking place at Spain’s highest court in Madrid, I have been reminded again and again of a scene from director Hal Ashby’s …