The Conversation

Catalonia: a year on, political prisoners go unnoticed by the rest of the world

After an unofficial referendum in October 2017, the pro-independence political parties in the Catalan parliament unilaterally declared independence from Spain. In response, the Spanish government invoked Article 155 of the …

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Taipei News Network

Jordi Cuixart: I Am A Political Prisoner In Spain! (OP-ED)

For a year now I have been locked up in a cell and I look at the sky through bars. For a year now I have seen my 18-month old …

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Daily Mirror

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola reveals why he feared he could have been jailed

Guardiola has been a staunch supporter of the activists who were imprisoned following the Catalan referendum.

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EU-Catalonia Dialogue Platform

MEPs will act as international observers in the trial against the Catalan political prisoners

A delegation of 8 MEPs members of the EU – Catalonia Dialogue Platform visited the Catalan political prisoners who are incarcerated in the Lledoners, Puig de les Basses and Mas d’Enric prisons.

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Newsweek

Opinion: It’s been a year and Catalonia is still not free

Former president Carles Puigdemont and president Quim Torra denounce Spain’s authoritarian drift and ask for a solution.

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Euronews

Catalan independence & European values: Uncut with Carles Puigdemont

Carles Puigdemont participates in the fourth edition of Uncut and explains his life in Brussels and the situation in Spain

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Open Democracy

Catalonia and Spanish nationalism

Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte conclude in this article that, in the face of certain nationalisms, there needs to be a kind of popular sovereignty that empowers citizens to take …

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Politico

Diplomatic spat erupts between Spain and Flanders

The statements on Catalonia made by Jan Peumans, the president of the Flemish Chamber, and the subsequent withdrawal of the diplomatic status of the Flemish representative in Madrid, have generated …

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Amnesty International

A year after their detention in Spain, the Jordis should be released

This statement by Amnesty International denounces the unjustified imprisonment of Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart and asks for their immediate release

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BBC News

Catalonia: What would an economic split from Spain mean?

This article analyses what possibilities and consequences would Catalan independence have at an economic and entrepreneurial level, for Catalonia and for the world

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