21Oct2017
Massive Catalan call to free jailed leaders and oppose Madrid’s direct rule
ELNACIONAL.CAT – 450,000 protested against the imprisonment without bail of Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart
21Oct2017
Catalan president calls Parliament meeting to discuss Catalonia’s future
CATALAN NEWS AGENCY – Carles Puigdemont deemed that the activation of Article 155, which will seize Catalonia’s self-government, was “the worst attack” on Catalan people and institutions since the Franco dictatorship
20Oct2017
Spain takes control of Catalan public media to “guarantee accurate, objective and balanced information”
CATALAN NEWS AGENCY – Catalan public media officials can be dismissed or “temporarily replaced”, according to measures proposed
20Oct2017
March to call for release of pro-independence leaders on Saturday
CATALAN NEWS AGENCY – Demonstration motto: “Free Jordi Sánchez. Free Jordi Cuixart. In defense of rights and liberties”
20Oct2017
140 EU workers call on Juncker to condemn Catalan referendum violence
ELNACIONAL.CAT – The letter calls on Juncker to “denounce the violence in Catalonia” and “strongly express the need to respect citizens’ fundamental rights”
20Oct2017
Catalan exports grow 8.3% in August
ELNACIONAL.CAT – Imports also continue to grow, reaching 6.0398 billion euros
21Oct2017
Spanish prosecutor to file lawsuit for ‘rebellion’ against Catalan president if independence is declared
CATALAN NEWS AGENCY – The crime carries a prison sentence of up to 30 years
20Oct2017
Romeva says Spain’s ‘threatening tone’ against Belgium is what Catalans ‘face daily’
CATALAN NEWS AGENCY – Foreign Affairs Minister regrets the Spanish government’s “exaggerated and disproportionate” response to Belgian PM Charles Michel’s call for dialogue
20Oct2017
Catalan town councils to sue over referendum violence
CATALAN NEWS AGENCY – Three local authorities to launch lawsuit against October 1 police operation backed by 130 individual complaints of assault and injury
20Oct2017
Former British Ambassador: “Dissolving a parliament to force an election is fascism”
ELNACIONAL.CAT – Murray also wrote an article on Catalonia called “Spain is Operating Way Beyond Democratic Legitimacy”
20Oct2017
24 Nobel Prize winners denounce “police brutality”, call for negotiation
ELNACIONAL.CAT – The prizewinners regret that “little has been done” by Madrid to solve the conflict
20Oct2017
1st October referendum attacks injured 23 people older than 79, two children younger than 11
ELNACIONAL.CAT – The report concludes that, in total, 1066 people required medical attention
