Archive
Spain: Newspaper that exposed undercover police operations faces lawsuit
A Catalan newspaper that exposed police officers infiltrating social movements is fighting back against a data protection lawsuit. Read More
Western intelligence services tracked Russian spy in Catalonia
"General Denis Sergeev, the Russian spy who traveled to Barcelona in 2017 on the eve of the October 1 illegal referendum in Catalonia, carried out subversive operations in a dozen or so countries in Europe and Asia." Read More
SPAIN: Attacks on ECCHR partner lawyer Gonzalo Boye
"Spanish authorities have searched the home of our colleague and lawyer Gonzalo Boye, legal representative of Carles Puigdemont and several former Catalan ministers. The action taken by the Audiencia Nacional – a centralized court with jurisdiction over the Spanish territory – in our assessment is based on the assumed identification of Mr. Boye with his clients’ cause, the Catalan independence movement." Read More
Catalonia leaders jailed for sedition by Spanish court
"Spain's Supreme Court has sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in an independence referendum in 2017." Read More
SPAIN: Catalan leaders go on trial in Madrid over independence bid
"Twelve Catalan politicians go on trial on Tuesday for their role in Catalonia’s failed 2017 independence bid, putting the spotlight back on Spain’s biggest political crisis in decades which could make it flare once again." Read More
EU-SPAIN: The EU and the Catalan Crisis
"The events of the past week in Catalunya (and of the weeks that will follow) are very serious and worrying. Catalunya is a region of a Member State of the EU that has begun a Read More