PEN America
After more than 14 months in pre-trial detention, Oriol Junqueras, the former vice president of the Catalan regional government, is set to go on trial January 22, 2019, in Madrid …
The Nation
The truth is, Spain was never really an outlier in Europe, its radical right is not really new, and its situation is hard to compare to right-wing populism in other …
Pressenza
Tamara Carrasco campaigns for an independent Catalonia. She was arrested and has been in house arrest for months.
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