Salon
Exclusive (2): Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont on reinventing nationalism in a new century
From exile in Belgium, Catalan president talks about reinventing democracy after “right” and “left” have collapsed.
Salon
Nederlands Juristencomité voor de Mensenrechten
NJCM-trial observation: Catalan separatists and protest leaders, Supreme Court in Madrid
At the request of International Trial Watch Jelle Klaas, NJCM’s Litigation director and human rights lawyer, observed the trials of some of the Catalan separatists and protest leaders before the Supreme Court …
Salon
Exclusive: Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont on the future of Spain and Europe
Carles Puigdemont led Catalonia’s 2017 attempt to break away from Spain. He wants Americans to understand why.
The Independent
Wives of Catalan leaders on trial speak out: ‘All we can do is keep supporting them’
For the loved ones of the 12 Catalan separatists on trial at the Supreme Court in Madrid, this distance is both a painful metaphor and proof of what they insist …
El Nacional
Cuixart and Forcadell deal prosecutors a knock-out blow
The third week of the Catalan independence trial started today with the last defendants taking the stand. Jordi Cuixart dismantled the public prosecutors’ arguments; they then didn’t even bother to try to …
The Globe Post
Catalan Separatists on Trial Pay Price for Spain’s Crude Transition to Democracy
Watching the trials of the Catalan independentists now taking place at Spain’s highest court in Madrid, I have been reminded again and again of a scene from director Hal Ashby’s …
The Telegraph
Catalans on trial: The EU has got Madrid’s back, no matter how hard police hit civilians
Despite holding democracy as one of its core values, the bloc’s reaction to the Catalonian calls for self-determination shows Brussels’ unwillingness to stand by this principle.
The Washington Post
It’s not just Catalan separatists. Democracy is also on trial in Spain.
Tensions on all sides are high in Spain as the trial of the century gets underway this week, with a dozen Catalan leaders facing charges of rebellion and sedition for promoting a …
The Independent
Spain’s trial of Catalan separatists is worse than an outrage – it is a terrible mistake
The Spanish government’s handling of the Catalonian independence movement is worse than a human rights outrage; it is a mistake. The trial of a dozen separatist leaders on charges including …
The Guardian
Spain’s trial of Catalan separatists is an alarming act of state repression
Prosecuting these peaceful advocates of the ballot box marks yet more of the authoritarianism we saw on referendum day