Prospect
Josep Miquel Arenas Beltrán, professionally known as Valtònyc, is a 27-year-old exiled rapper from the Spanish island of Mallorca who has successfully reformed Belgium’s free speech laws. Provocative lyrics he …
The Guardian
Spain’s rightwing People’s party (PP) has been compelled to reiterate its condemnation of the Franco regime after the party’s leader was criticised for inadvertently attending a mass at which prayers …
The National
Prosecutors in Spain are seeking a three-year prison sentence for one of former president Carles Puigdemont’s chief advisers. Josep Lluis Alay could also face a 17-year disqualification from public office …
BBC
Exiled Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has been detained in Italy on a Spanish arrest warrant. Spain has accused him of sedition for a breakaway independence referendum in 2017 that …
Green Left AU
The river of independence supporters that flooded central Barcelona gave the lie to fears that the Catalan movement had been mortally wounded by ongoing Spanish state legal repression, 18 months …
Reuters
Thousands of Catalans chanted, sang and waved flags as they marched through Barcelona on Saturday, calling for the region’s independence from Spain. The march, organised by the grassroots Assemblea Nacional …
Jacobin Magazine
Above all, it leaves untouched the legal structures which have ensured the impunity of Francoist elites for the past forty years. This is not an accident, as the new law’s …
Comparitech
Nearly 60 percent of the world’s population (4.66 billion people) uses the internet. It’s our source of instant information, entertainment, news, and social interactions. But where in the world can …
WikiLeaks
Today, 5th August 2021, WikiLeaks publishes “The Intolerance Network” over 17,000 documents from internationally active right wing campaigning organisations HazteOir and CitizenGO. The documents date from 2001 to 2017 and …
European Association of Lawyers for Democracy & World Human Rights
The European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH) expresses its grave concern at the extraordinary measures taken by the Spanish Court of Auditors on 29 June 2021. The proceedings …