Protests demand freedom for jailed leaders at 3 month mark
Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart were sent to prison on October 16, and various towns throughout Catalonia have held demonstrations to demand their release
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Spain threatens legal action if MPs in Brussels get to vote remotely in Catalan chamber
Interim bureau to face vote by proxy debate in opening session of Parliament on Wednesday
Estonia “forgot” Catalonia during EU presidency, says Irish MEP
Luke Ming Flanagan: “You have done well with independence, why stop Catalonia doing the same?”
Parliament lawyers reject plans to swear in Puigdemont from Brussels
Non-binding report by chamber's legal team concludes it is "essential" for presidential candidate to be in the opening plenary
Direct rule will continue if Puigdemont does not turn up, Rajoy says
"Be a democrat and respect the Catalan Parliament decision to reinstate the government", replies Puigdemont
Catalan leaders' imprisonment 'unique situation in Europe,' says MEP
Renate Weber, former ad hoc judge for the Human Rights Court, urges Spain to negotiate with pro-independence parties
Yellow ribbons and October 1 ballot box placed outside European Commission in symbolic protest
On Saturday night, pro-independence activists also tied an ‘estelada’ flag outside the EU building
Imprisonment of Catalan leaders ‘unique situation in Europe,’ says former ad hoc judge for Human Rights court
MEP Renate Weber urges Spain to negotiate with pro-independence parties, stating that judicial means won’t necessarily solve political problems
JxCat determined to swear in Puigdemont “by end of January”
Spanish government will "immediately and without hesitation" appeal against potential appointment in absentia, says spokesman
Jailed Catalan leaders give up on unilateral path to independence
Grassroots leaders Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart, as well as minister Joaquim Forn, appeared before the Spanish Supreme Court on Thursday
Hearing to decide on Catalan pro-independence leaders' incarceration underway
Former ANC president Jordi Sànchez tells judge he does not back unilateral independence
Parties line up for and against deal to reinstate president
While pro-independence bloc agrees on returning Puigdemont to office, unionist groups question legality of initiative
Pro-independence Catalan leaders to testify in court
Spanish Supreme Court will decide on their release, but most likely outcome is continued imprisonment
Spanish Constitutional Court accepts to consider Podemos’ appeal against Article 155
The next step is for the magistrates to study the political party’s argument to remove the constitutional measure that seized Catalonia’s self-rule
Solidarity dinner raises 8,800 euros for “political prisoners”
The theme was yellow, the colour of support for imprisoned pro-independence leaders