POLITICO
Catalan leader’s battle from behind bars
Oriol Junqueras is the main figure in what could be the most important criminal case ever brought before a Spanish court.
POLITICO
Vilaweb
What will happen in Catalonia in 2019?
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
What’s gone rotten in Spain, according to John Carlin
“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
POLITICO’s EU Confidential: Carles Puigdemont — Ai Weiwei — Tajani awards
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.
“Spanish political prisoners are the true democrats of Europe”
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
‘I’m in jail for fulfilling the mandate expressed by Catalan society’
Interview: Imprisoned politician Josep Rull awaits trial for rebellion
El Nacional
UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders criticises Spain over Catalonia
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
Catalan political crisis ‘should speak to all democrats’
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
Jailed Catalan Speaker Forcadell appeals to European court
Carme Forcadell was the speaker of the Catalan parliament until January – but has spent almost nine months in prison.
Financial Times
Spanish PM offers little change for Catalonia, says Puigdemont
Region’s former leader criticises Sánchez and fears climate for dialogue is deteriorating.