The female jailed leaders, the ‘forgotten’ ones
Movement to support women who are either in prison or abroad launched
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Spanish court dismisses appeal by jailed Catalan leaders
Bassa, Forcadell, Romeva, Rull and Turull entered prison on March 23, and were just denied freedom while awaiting trial
850km march towards Madrid prisons to support jailed leaders completed
Around 260 people take part in three days of uninterrupted 10-kilometer relays
‘I’m a political prisoner,’ says MP
Turull urges Spanish judge to do “justice and no politics”
‘I’m a political prisoner,’ says presidential candidate
Turull urges Spanish judge to do “justice and no politics”
More jailed leaders in court amid change of strategy
Ministers Bassa and Turull, and former Parliament president Forcadell face judge after other imprisoned politicians criticized Spain’s judiciary
Judge to decide today if six Catalan officials go to jail
Three senior MPs step down ahead of their hearing in the Spanish Supreme Court
Judge to consider sending pro-independence officials back to jail
Supreme Court to announce on Friday which investigated leaders will be prosecuted and for what crimes
‘I feel like I’m not free,’ says minister after leaving prison
In an interview with the Catalan News Agency, Dolors Bassa recalls her time in prison and why she won’t return to her government role
Six Catalan ministers freed after 32 days in prison
They are released after paying a €100,000 bail, while four other pro-independence leaders stay behind bars
Government to tally number of young Catalans living abroad and encourage their return
The number of young Catalans living abroad will be tallied and efforts will be continued to encourage their return. The Department of Youth estimates that more than 3,000 young people left Catalonia to move abroad in 2014 and there were 242,070 Catalans living abroad by May 2015, according to data released by the Catalan Institute of Statistics (Idescat). Projects are being set forth to aid in providing access for entrepreneurs to profiles that are outside Catalonia, job opportunities in the field of research, and promote entrepreneurship within the region. Móncat, the web platform focused on employment opportunities, will also be geared towards connecting Catalans living abroad to opportunities in Catalonia.
Barcelona reaches an agreement with Athens to initially host 100 refugees
The Catalan capital reached an agreement with Athens to host 100 refugees from those living in camps in the Greek capital. This compromise is the first stage of a collaboration programme between both cities, which may be enhanced by the respective mayors in the near future. Since the competences regarding the refugees’ hosting depend on the Spanish State, Barcelona’s mayor, Ada Colau, will send a letter to the current Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, so that the necessary procedures can be started as soon as possible. In the same vein, Colau criticised Spain’s inactivity on this matter, pointing out that the Spanish government “took the compromise to relocate 16,000 people and have only relocated 18”, she stated.