El Nacional
Judge removed from trial of Catalan ex-speaker Torrent for “lacking impartiality”
Fellow defendant Josep Costa called for recusal of judge who walked out of event where Torrent spoke of “political prisoners”
El Nacional
ElNacional.cat
Severe critique for judge Marchena’s sentencing of the Catalan leaders’ trial
A major legal reversal. That is the upshot of the latest dissenting opinion from Spanish Constitutional Court judge Ramón Sáez Valcárcel, in which he openly criticizes the Supreme Court sentence in …
Catalan News
Ex-UN body chair hopes Human Rights court will rule against Spain in Catalan leaders’ case
The former head of a United Nations body expects the European Court of Human Rights to rule against Spain in a string of legal appeals presented by Catalonia’s jailed pro-independence …
Council of Europe
Politicians should not face prosecution for statements made in the exercise of their political mandates as long as they respect certain limits
“Politicians need a particularly high level of protection of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, both in parliament and when speaking to their constituents, but that freedom of speech …
Verfassungsblog
The Right of Catalonian Leaders to Protest
On 22 April, the Spanish Constitutional Court issued its first judgement on the constitutionality of the conviction of the Catalonian leaders for the events of October 2017. It upheld the …
Vilaweb
Catalan Parliament speaker to Barcelona consular corps: “We cannot accept having political prisoners and exiles in 21st century Europe”
The speaker of the Parliament of Catalonia, Laura Borràs, has proposed a “shared freedom model” in Europe, armed with “less weapons and more reasons”. She said this during the Europe …
Catalan News
Court revokes privileges for jailed pro-independence leaders Forcadell and Bassa
A Catalan penitentiary court has revoked the privileges for the two female pro-independence leaders, former parliament speaker Carme Forcadell and former work minister Dolors Bassa. This means they lose their current ‘low status’ category status, …
Vilaweb
The US Department of State reports rights violations against the Catalan national minority and political prisoners
The United States government has expressed concern about rights violations against the Catalan national minority and the existence of Catalan political prisoners in an annual report on violations of rights in …
The Guardian
Grave concern for electoral monitors facing jail in Spain
More than 400 academics in the fields of political science, law and other disciplines express their worries that electoral monitors in Spain are being threatened with jail over their role …
Assemblea’s position on the issue of a call for amnesty and its international implications
In December 2020, the Catalan National Assembly’s National Board passed a resolution restating that both the causes against the pro-independence movement and all open court cases arising from the protests …