Today’s conviction is a clear violation of the exercise of freedom of expression, association and assembly, not only for the leaders but for the Catalan people as a whole. (Read our Joint submission to the UN OHCHR Universal Periodic Review, 35th session: Kingdom of Spain). UNPO decries the judgement and sentencing of the Catalan self-determination trial and underlines that there is...
Spain’s Supreme Court has sentenced two civil society leaders to nine years in prison and seven Catalan politicians to up to 13 years in prison over their role in organizing a referendum on Catalonian...
Below is an article published by CatalanNews: Nine pro-independence activists were arrested on Monday morning [23 September 2019] by Spain’s Guardia Civil police. They were accused of supposedly...
Below is an article published by euobserver: Present and former members of the Catalan government called on citizens on Wednesday (11 September [2019]) to participate in the mass demonstrations in Barcelona...
Below is an article published by The National: European Parliament President David Sassoli is to send the body’s views on the parliamentary immunity of a jailed Catalan political leader to the European...
The article below was published by VilaWeb English The European Court of Justice, based in Luxembourg, has accepted the procedure only four hours after the lawyer of exiled president Carles Puigdemont...
Below is an article published by VilaWeb: A group of 76 outgoing and incoming MEPs have called on the European Parliament’s bureau to “recognise and protect the political rights”...
The article below was published by The Irish Times: Pro-independence activists plan to assemble giant TV screens in town squares across Catalonia so that locals can follow events taking place several...
Below is an article published by The National: Catalan President Quim Torra has called for the immediate release of independence leaders currently [June 2019] on trial in Madrid after...
Below is an article published by The National: Five Catalan political prisoners who won seats in last month’s election were cheered yesterday as they arrived amid tight security from prison...
STATISTICS Population: 7,543,825 (2018) Area: 32,108km² Capital City: Barcelona Languages: Catalan (daily use for 36.29%, knowledge by 95.12%), Spanish UNPO...
Below is an article published by The National: Quoting the Council of Europe's Declaration on Higher Education and Democratic Culture: Citizenship, Human Rights and Civic Responsibility (Strasbourg...
The article below was published by BBC News The ruling also applies to two other Catalan politicians - Toni Comín and Clara Ponsatí. All three fled Spain in 2017, when Madrid moved to thwart...
The article below (in French) was published by RTBF.be: Ils sont cinq, partis de Cervera de la Marenda, dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, pour se rendre à Waterloo. C’est...
Article published by El Nacional Some sixty Portuguese politicians and intellectuals have signed a manifesto under the title "For democracy and freedoms in Catalonia", published in the newspaper Público....
Below is an article of The National: Draped in a pro-independence Estelada flag with a large yellow ribbon attached to a suit, the effigy was paraded through the streets of Coripe, Seville,...
Below is an article of The National: Draped in a pro-independence Estelada flag with a large yellow ribbon attached to a suit, the effigy was paraded through the streets of Coripe, Seville,...
Article published by the Gulf Times There will be no independence for Catalonia, nor a referendum on the question if the socialists are returned to power, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez...
The article below was published by Reuters A Barcelona court on Tuesday charged 30 people with misuse of public funds over Catalonia’s 2017 independence referendum, a move that may...
The article below was published by El Nacional Forty-one French senators from different political groups have issued a call for the respect of fundamental rights and freedoms in Catalonia....
The article below was published by Euronews Ex-Catalonia chief Carles Puigdemont, currently in self-exile in Belgium, announced on Sunday that he is running in the upcoming European elections. Puigdemont,...
This article was published by the Guardian: The trial of 12 Catalan separatist leaders in Madrid is of “paramount importance to Spain’s reputation as a modern democracy”, the Spanish...
The article below was published by Voa News The trial for 12 defendants, including three who are on bail, will begin Feb. 12 at the Supreme Court in Madrid, a Spanish court official told The Associated...
The article below was published by the Catalan News: Jailed pro-independence leaders Oriol Junqueras and Raül Romeva refuse charges of rebellion, sedition, and misuse of funds, for which they...
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