The Nation
Spain’s Radical Right Is Here to Stay—but Did It Ever Leave?
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 …
The Nation
Pressenza
Persecuted as a terrorist in Spain
Tamara Carrasco campaigns for an independent Catalonia. She was arrested and has been in house arrest for months.
Euronews
The trial of Catalan referendum leaders casts a long shadow over the EU’s credibility
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
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.
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 …