El Nacional
Spain justifies planting undercover police in Catalan pro-independence youth groups
Spanish ministry says it is “appropriate” to place undercover officers in youth groups, citing “philo-terrorist” dynamics.
El Nacional
UNHRC
Spain violated former Catalan Parliament leaders’ political rights, UN Human Rights Committee finds
The UN Human Rights Committee has found that Spain violated the political rights of former Catalan Government and Parliament members by suspending them from public duties prior to a conviction following …
El Nacional
Protest asks EU to investigate Rambla terror attack given Spain’s “lack of reponse”
On the fifth anniversary of the Jihadist van attack, demonstrators also criticised the “inaction” of the Catalan government.
Communiqué on the false dialogue between the Spanish and Catalan governments
The Assembly denounces that the pretended dialogue that the Catalan government exhibits is only a pantomime to get the home rule crumbs that the Spanish government of Prime Minister Pedro …
ELDH
To the OIAD: Information on massive Espionage perpetrated on seven Spanish Lawyers using the Pegasus programme
The indiscriminate ‘hacking’ using the PEGASUS spy program that was carried out on pro-independence politicians, has also affected seven lawyers: Gonzalo Boye Tusset, Josep Costa, Jaume Alonso Cuevillas, Andreu Van …
Catalan News
2017 referendum electoral board members to face retrial after acquittal
Prosecutors request two years and nine months in prison for disobedience and usurpation of functions.
Vilaweb
William Aitken: “I have been sentenced to five years in prison in order to scare young people”
William Aitken, a 32-year-old Scotsman who took part in protests in Barcelona city following the imprisonment of rapper Pablo Hasél, has been sentenced to five years and two months in prison.
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”
Amnesty International
Melilla: Never again
The death toll continues to rise. At least 23 people died last Friday trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco. Some organisations working on the ground have …
Vilaweb
European Court of Human Rights finds Spain guilty of leaking ID photos of Catalan judges
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found Spain guilty of breaching some Catalan pro-referendum judges’ right to privacy when, in March 2014, Spanish newspaper ‘La Razón’ published their ID pictures …