Over a hundred organisations and figures from the worlds of culture and the media call for justice for Roger Español ahead of the trial over the loss of his eye to a rubber bullet on October 1st

Hearings will begin on 16 September and are key to determining whether the shot was intentional and whether it may constitute torture. More than a hundred human rights and social …

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Vilaweb

Trial of Catalonia’s former Parliament speaker for disobedience begins

Three other chamber bureau members also face fines and disqualification.

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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.

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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.

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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”

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The National Scot

Former Catalan president Quim Torra refuses to attend ‘pantomime’ trial

QUIM Torra, the former president of Catalonia, refused to attend his second disobedience trial in Barcelona on Thursday, arguing that he would not legitimise a “repressive pantomime disguised as justice”. Torra …

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Counterfire

Flawed Transition: why the Spanish state is repressing the Catalan independence movement

Catalonia awaits the verdict in the trial at the Spanish Supreme Court of 12 political and civic leaders charged with ‘rebellion’ and ‘sedition’ for their part in the 1 October …

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Catalan News

Catalonia 2019-2020: a new clash with Spain for independence?

Country holds its breath ahead of verdict on jailed leaders, which could lead to a rise in tensions with Madrid, snap elections and fresh attempts to extradite Puigdemont.

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The National

Revealed: Spain’s secret dossier on Nicola Sturgeon’s speech

An official from the Spanish embassy followed last year’s SNP conference in Glasgow and, as well as reporting on the First Minister’s address, highlighted a tribute to former Catalan education minister Professor Clara Ponsati – The …

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Catalan News

UN calls for release of four jailed Catalan politicians

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called for the “immediate” release of four Catalan politicians, with some having already spent up to 20 months in preventive detention.

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