Vilaweb

The UN rules against Spain for violating the political rights of Carles Puigdemont

The Committee on Human Rights condemns the suspension of Carles Puigdemont as MP and argues it contravenes “the essence of democratic goverance”

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Catalan News

Council of Europe urges Spain to guarantee freedom of speech

Authorities worried about ‘gag law’ for Catalan activists and raise concerns about police brutality

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Catalan News

Formerly exiled politician Serret sentenced to 1-year disqualification over 2017 referendum

Current foreign minister also fined €12,000 in decision that can be appealed

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El Nacional

PSOE, PP, Cs and Vox want to remove Catalangate references from EU report on Pegasus

Spanish political parties PSOE, the PP, Cs and Vox are all presenting amendments to the European Parliament’s draft report on Pegasus espionage to remove references to the 65 Catalans with links to the …

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El Nacional

Spain’s double standard on infrastructure: Mediterranean vs Atlantic corridor

Despite the delays in completing the Mediterranean corridor, the state now plans to develop the Atlantic plan in parallel

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El Nacional

Spain fails to comply with UN resolution on rights of Catalan political prisoners

Asked by the UN to take measures to avoid repeat violations of rights, the Spanish government said that no action was needed

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El Nacional

The restaurant lunch at which José Manuel Villarejo launched Operation Catalonia

Days after the first huge Catalan independence march, in 2012, three Spanish police figures launched a dirty war

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El Nacional

Spain’s dirty war against independentism, on full display in ‘Kitchen Case’ WhatsApps

Interior ministry official asked police to make “a lot of noise” in search of the Pujol family

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El Nacional

European Commission: “National security” claims don’t give carte blanche to state espionage

EU commissioner answers the Catalan MEPs questions, noting that the EC is “closely following” the Pegasus inquiry committee

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Catalan News

Prosecutors request prison sentences for former senior pro-independence officials

Ex vice president’s right-hand-men face up to seven years behind bars while current culture minister could be disqualified

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