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POLITICO’s EU Confidential: Carles Puigdemont — Ai Weiwei — Tajani awards
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.
POLITICO
The Irish Times
‘I’m in jail for fulfilling the mandate expressed by Catalan society’
Interview: Imprisoned politician Josep Rull awaits trial for rebellion
The National
Catalan political crisis ‘should speak to all democrats’
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.
BBC
Jailed Catalan Speaker Forcadell appeals to European court
Carme Forcadell was the speaker of the Catalan parliament until January – but has spent almost nine months in prison.
Financial Times
Spanish PM offers little change for Catalonia, says Puigdemont
Region’s former leader criticises Sánchez and fears climate for dialogue is deteriorating.
Associated Press
Catalan separatists on hunger strike speak out
Separatist politicians from Spain’s Catalonia region who are entering the third week of a prison hunger strike say their upcoming rebellion trial will give them a platform to peacefully promote …
Total Slovenia News
Slovenian Foreign Ministry to ducate Spanish Ambassador on the Nature of the Country’s Independence
After heated reactions in Spain to the Catalan leader suggesting Catalonia take the Slovenian path to independence, the issue is expected to be discussed as the Slovenian Foreign Ministry hosts …
The Guardian
Grave concern for electoral monitors facing jail in Spain
More than 400 academics in the fields of political science, law and other disciplines express their worries that electoral monitors in Spain are being threatened with jail over their role …
The National
Row between Spanish and Belgian ministers over Catalonia hunger strikes
Spain was heading for another diplomatic tussle with Belgium last night after the Belgian defence minister tweeted his support for Catalan political prisoners who are on hunger strike.
Al Jazeera
Two jailed Catalan separatist leaders begin hunger strike
Lawyer says Sanchez and Turull are taking step to ‘raise awareness’ of unfair treatment by Spain before trial.