The National
The trial of Catalan pro-independence leaders has no legal basis, according to a legal group that has been investigating Spain’s judicial leadership and “corrupt practices” which it alleged have gone …
Euractiv
Republicanism in Catalonia is inseparable from both Catalanism and European federalism, writes Oriol Junqueras, who argues that Europe faces a crucial crossroads: on the one hand, an increasingly extreme right, …
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.
The Irish Times
Interview: Imprisoned politician Josep Rull awaits trial for rebellion
The National
Joquim Forn was Catalonia’s interior minister until he was arrested for his role in the October 2017 independence referendum. He has been in jail since.