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MEP Clare Daly: “It is very clear that a lot of people here do not want to hear about Catalonia”

The rapporteur of a European Parliament report on fundamental rights in the Union, Clare Daly, has denounced being barred from mentioning the situation of the Catalan political prisoners in the report. …

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Vilaweb

Spain’s former king also investigated for use of illicit credit cards

Juan Carlos already faces procedures in Spain and Switzerland for possible irregular commissions received for railway public contract in Saudi Arabia. Exactly three months after fleeing to the United Arab …

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Catalan News

Amnesty International again calls for release of activists jailed in Catalan Trial

Amnesty International have again called for the release of Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart, the two pro-independence activists who were jailed for their roles in the 2017 independence push. The organization …

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Elnacional.cat

The Lancet’s Richard Horton: “Spain’s response to Covid has been catastrophic”

Richard Horton is editor of The Lancet, the world’s leading medical journal. In January this year, it was the first to publish papers warning of the threat of a pandemic caused by …

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Catalan News

EU parliament protesters unfurl banner that saw Catalan president banned from office

Fifteen MEPs gathered in front of the European Parliament to unfurl a banner in support of the jailed Catalan pro-independence leaders, the same one that saw the ousted Catalan president Quim Torra …

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ElNacional.cat

Pro-independence events planned around the world for Catalonia’s ‘Diada’

Pro-independence organization the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) has announced that it intends to hold around twenty international events to celebrate Catalonia’s national day, the Diada, on September 11th

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Vilaweb

Spain’s lawfare against Catalan political prisoners and exiles

Representatives of Rafael Correa and Lula da Silva join Catalan lawyers and warn EU Parliament about political use of courts The lawyers of Carles Puigdemont, Oriol Junqueras, Rafael Correa and …

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Vilaweb

Young Catalans arrested in protests denounce police abuse and mistreatment

Catalonia’s Observatory on the Penal System and Human Rights (OSPDH) is monitoring the status of the twenty-eight detainees, who have complained of physical abuse by Spanish and Catalan police officers

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El Nacional

European Commission reminds Spanish deputy PM of the norms after Belgium threat

The European Commission has today given a reminder that European Arrest Warrants (EAWs) are “a purely judicial procedure”. Asked about the warning given by Spain’s acting deputy PM, Carmen Calvo, to the Belgian government …

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El Nacional

Council of Europe calls for police “abuses” in Catalan protests to be punished

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Dunja Mijatovic, has demanded that Spain investigate and appropriately punish all “abusive use of force” by police which may have occurred during the protests …

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