Front Line Defenders
Since October 2017, Jordi Cuixart has been in pre-trial detention, facing up to 25 years of prison on charges of “rebellion”. The allegations were brought against him in connection to …
Council of Europe
In a letter addressed to the Presidents of the Congress and the Senate of Spain published today, Commissioner Mijatović urges the Parliament to ensure that the review of the Law …
World Organisation Against Torture
The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), the largest network of NGOs fighting against torture, summary executions, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and providing …
BreakingNews.ie
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has called for democracy to triumph and let the people of Catalonia decide whether they want independence.
Catalan News
In a debate in Brussels, former president Puigdemont calls Spain’s attitude “authoritarian,” while Chinese dissident calls for human rights to be “defended
The National
A senior Spanish politician was forced to back-pedal yesterday after he said in a leaked social media message that the People’s Party (PP) would “control from behind the scenes” the …
Foreign Affairs
Franco died. Francoism didn’t.
Catalan News
Spain’s People’s Party (PP) will “control from the behind the scenes” the trial prosecuting Catalan leaders for organizing a referendum on independence, according to leaked chats from the party’s spokesperson …
Daily Mirror
The Manchester City boss used the international break to meet the jailed leaders at Lledoners Prison just outside Barcelona.
ANC Deutschland has denounced the Instituto Cervantes, a Spanish public organization funded with public money, for holding a political event in Frankfurt-am-Main. The event next Friday, 16 November, will take …