One year on, pro-independence activists remain in pre-trial jail
Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart were the first of nine Catalan leaders to be sent to prison by Spanish courts
Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart were the first of nine Catalan leaders to be sent to prison by Spanish courts
Ska Keller visits pro-independence leaders in jail
Vice president Carmen Calvo hints at alternative measures for pro-independence politicians
Teresa Cunillera later retracted her words
Relocation already approved for six out of nine politicians imprisoned in Madrid
Pablo Iglesias meets with Òmnium’s Jordi Cuixart in prison and says "democrats have to defend freedom of prisoners"
Christopher Marchand argues Spanish Supreme Court judge decisions are "very odd" and "in contradiction with basic rights"
Pedro Sánchez expects to meet Catalan president Quim Torra at beginning of July
Thousands of people take to the streets under motto ‘United against repression’
They also call for withdrawal of arrest warrant against Puigdemont and Catalan ministers in Brussels
Judge to review their pre-trial imprisonment
Spain’s call for Catalan leaders to attend the upcoming Autonomous Communities’ summits to discuss regional policies has not changed the Government’s plan for the meetings. The Catalan Vice President and Catalan Minister for Economy and Tax Office, Oriol Junqueras, have refused to attend the Council on Fiscal and Financial Policies (CPFF, going by its Catalan initials) this Thursday, citing other political commitments. Catalan Secretary of Economy, Pere Aragonès, will go instead. For his part, Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont, has already announced he will not attend the Conference of Presidents convened by the Spanish President, Mariano Rajoy, for the 17th of January. “Catalonia has won the right to a bilateral relationship as the demands of the Catalan people have nothing to do with the requests of other Autonomous Communities”, Puigdemont said in October, when he announced that he would not be attending the conference.