Euronews
The trial against the Catalan referendum will have wide consequences for the EU and any condemnatory prison sentences will be a huge blow for the democratic credibility of the European …
POLITICO
Oriol Junqueras is the main figure in what could be the most important criminal case ever brought before a Spanish court.
Vilaweb
Long prison sentences for political prisoners could inflame conflict with Spain again, and might force snap elections soon after local and European ones.
El Nacional
“There is something very rotten in the Spanish judicial system.” This is what Anglo-Spanish writer and journalist John Carlin told the programme El Suplement on public station Catalunya Ràdio this Saturday. …
POLITICO
Ai Weiwei and Carles Puigdemont on what it means and how it feels to be a political dissident in 2018 in this week’s EU Confidential.
For the first time after more than 50 years I am standing again in a prison. The previous time it was due to being arrested in Szczecin, Poland. Then, I …
The Irish Times
Interview: Imprisoned politician Josep Rull awaits trial for rebellion
El Nacional
The UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, in his world report for the 20th anniversary of the UN declaration on human rights defenders, includes …
The National
Joquim Forn was Catalonia’s interior minister until he was arrested for his role in the October 2017 independence referendum. He has been in jail since.
BBC
Carme Forcadell was the speaker of the Catalan parliament until January – but has spent almost nine months in prison.