Sixena o l’art com a coartada de la violència
Quan unes obres d'art es converteixen en trofeus que s'exhibeixen com a símbol de victòria sobre un adversari polític, se n'ha corromput completament l'essència i han perdut el valor cultural
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13.03.2018
Amnesty International: Spanish counter-terror law is used to crush satire
A new report states that the increased use of Article 578 to prosecute citizens “is part of a sustained attack on freedom of expression”
13.03.2018
European Court of Human Rights condemns Spain over punishments for burning pictures of the king
The European body rules that burning images of the Spanish monarch is freedom of expression and does not incite hatred
12.03.2018
Belgium, Switzerland, now the UK…
“Rajoy desperately needs to prove to his European partners that the situation is normal, but the individual reactions of the countries involved clearly show that they do not regard the events in Spain as normal”
12.03.2018
Clara Ponsatí: “The Spanish state is unable to annihilate Catalonia”
VilaWeb interviews Catalonia’s former Education minister in the UK
12.03.2018
Pro-independence rally calls for implementation of Catalan Republic
45,000 demonstrators support a "republican government" and hold a minute's silence for incarcerated Catalan leaders
07.03.2018
The Catalan government in exile: what it will do and how it will operate
Catalonia’s institutions in exile have already got down to work at the so-called House of the Republic in Waterloo
07.03.2018
Jonathan Edwards: ‘The actions of the Spanish State against Catalonia are tyrannical’
Welsh MP tables motion in Westminster in support of Pep Guardiola and his yellow ribbon
06.03.2018
Session to elect jailed activist Catalan president set for Monday
Jordi Sànchez’s defense petitions Spanish courts for his release so he can attend Parliament and take up the post
02.03.2018
Puigdemont versus Spain
Catalan president takes case to UN Human Rights Committee
26.02.2018
A king humiliated by a worthy nation
«Above all, a monarchy is a spectacle. But yesterday King Felipe was unable to show that off at all. Quite the opposite»
23.02.2018
King’s Barcelona trip sparks separatist protest
Catalonia’s pro-independence movement will use Mobile World Congress as backdrop for protest against repression, censorship and political prisoners
20.02.2018
Catalan leaders in jail are ‘political prisoners’ says ex-prosecutor
'The pro-independence movement is perfectly legal', says José Maria Mena
20.02.2018
Leading pro-independence figure to stay in Switzerland
Former MP Anna Gabriel says she would not have a 'fair trial' in Spain and will not appear at Court on Wednesday
14.02.2018
No precautionary measures asked for CUP member in Supreme Court
Mireia Boya stated in court that intention of declaration of independence was 'effectiveness'
08.02.2018
Joaquín Urías: 'The Spanish government has forced some judges to make a fool of themselves'
VilaWeb interviews Constitutional Law professor Joaquín Urías, a former judge in Spain’s Constitutional Court
07.02.2018
This is how Spain is openly waging lawfare against Catalonia
Justice as a weapon for political warfare, originally a US concept, is applicable in the current conflict between Catalonia and Spain
07.02.2018
Amnesty International asks court to drop sedition and rebellion charges against Sànchez and Cuixart
The NGO accuses Spain’s Supreme Court of 'making this injustice worse'
02.02.2018
Jailed pro-independence minister Joaquim Forn kept in jail
Judge leaves him behind bars for risk of repeat offense, although he stepped down as MP last month
02.02.2018
British lawyer Emmerson takes case of Catalan political prisoners to UN
Lawyers from Barcelona, Paris and London have lodged a complaint on behalf of the Catalan leaders who are being held in custody arguing that their arrest is in violation of their freedom of assembly, right to free speech, political opinion and participation in public life
26.01.2018
Why is it unlawful for Rajoy to contest Puigdemont’s candidacy?
Jurists argue that filing a complaint against a routine step, such as putting forward the name of a presidential candidate, is an aberration
24.01.2018
Holger K. Nielsen: 'You can’t solve problems by jailing the political leaders you disagree with'
VilaWeb interviews the former Danish Foreign Minister who yesterday met Carles Puigdemont in the nordic country’s parliament
23.01.2018
Spanish obsession: Police to prevent Puigdemont entering Catalonia ‘even inside the trunk of a car’
Home Affairs minister says a police operation is being prepared to prevent a surprise arrival of the Catalan president
23.01.2018
Marlene Wind: 'We don’t mind seeing the Faroe Islands and Greenland go, because they are very poor'
Interview with the danish professor in European Politics and Law in Copenhagen University
22.01.2018
Spanish government's ridicule at the European Court of Human Rights
One of the Spanish government's candidates, who used to have close ties with far-right groups, requests that he be examined in Spanish and earns zero points on the technical test
22.01.2018
Puigdemont, in Denmark: 'We will not surrender to authoritarism'
The Catalan president leaves Belgium after three months to participate in a University of Copenhagen debate on Catalan politics
22.01.2018
Supreme Court rejects reissuing European arrest warrant against Puigdemont
Judge says Catalan president intends to 'force' being arrested to have more chances of being sworn in at a distance
19.01.2018
Spain silenced Latvia’s support for Catalan independence with €63M in military aid
Latvia’s government, which had always sympathised with Catalonia’s independence bid, kept quiet in exchange for Spain deploying 313 troops and 80 vehicles on the Russian border
17.01.2018
Irish Prime Minister calls on Madrid to open dialogue with next Catalan government
Leo Varadkar believes it is 'only solution' to ongoing political crisis
17.01.2018
'I will work to restore our institutions', says new Parliament president
Roger Torrent pledges to 'contribute to dialogue' in Catalan politics
16.01.2018
European Parliament urged to tackle referendum day violence
The chamber’s Committee on Petitions receives around 40 citizens requests about the political situation in Catalonia
16.01.2018
Catalan jurists’ statement claims Puigdemont can be sworn in as president from Belgium
The attorneys stress that the law demands avoiding 'undue restrictions' on elected representatives
12.01.2018
Spain’s democratic jurists rise up
Some prominent names within the judiciary are responding to Spain’s growing deterioration of the rule of law on the pretext of the Catalan conflict
11.01.2018
Javier Pérez Royo: 'Either the Catalan issue is resolved or Spain won’t have a democratic government'
An interview with Javier Pérez Royo, a Spanish professor of Constitutional Law
10.01.2018
Pro-independence parties agree to reinstate Puigdemont as president
Catalan leader to try to take office from Brussels either via video or through another MP representing him
10.01.2018
Laura Masvidal: 'They want to frighten us by keeping them in jail'
Interview with minister Joaquim Forn's wife
05.01.2018
Division: the trap that must be avoided
«The maneuver to pit Carles Puigdemont and Oriol Junqueras against each other, which the Spanish government and its media organizations are trying to do now, has proven to be effective and, therefore, it is necessary to tread with great care»
05.01.2018
Spanish Supreme Court keeps Junqueras in jail
Magistrates argue unanimously that there’s a “high risk” of criminal reiteration
04.01.2018
Council of Europe questions independence of Spain’s judiciary
The European body also states that Spain has not complied with all the anti-corruption measures prescribed in 2013
22.12.2017
Supreme Court broadens independence case investigation
Five more officials in favor of a Catalan state now being investigated and jailed vice president Junqueras is to testify on January 4
22.12.2017
Puigdemont calls for meeting with Madrid 'with no conditions'
'It’s time for politics, and politics cannot be done without dialogue', says the Catalan president from Brussels
