BREAKING: Spain's former police commissioner, Villarejo, says that the Spanish Intelligence Center (CNI) was behind the 2017 terror attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils.
A Catalan team represents Europe, wearing T-shirts with the Catalan independentist flag, in the First Global Challenge of Robotics (an official competition).
VIDEO: The Spanish Antena 3 television announcing the attempt of a terrorist attack against the Catalan police this morning while showing an image of a Catalan man hanging yellow ribbons is despicable and a very disgusting manipulation.
Hundreds of Catalan mayors attend today's demonstration in Madrid to protest against the ongoing trial of the Catalan political prisoners and to say clearly that self-determination is not a crime.
#EU
Von der Leyen: "In times of need, Spain has shown humanity and solidarity. It is an example for the soul of Europe."
Humanity with arbitrary detentions, tortures, and over 3,300 Catalans enduring judicial proceedings for exercising fundamental rights.
VIDEO: Spanish unionists also remove Catalan independentist flags in
#Scotland
. In this case, in the golf Eden Tournament, an international competition.
#Catalonia
Tens of thousands of Catalans gather in Perpignan two hours before the Catalan Council for the Republic event to welcome Catalan exiles begins.
#Catalonia
VIDEO: A few years ago, when the current leader of PSC, Iceta, defended the right to self-determination of the Catalans. Iceta: "The Catalans have the right to hold a self-determination referendum."
ERC got a huge problem. They publicly opposed today's demonstration and even tried to boycott it, arguing that it was against them and best strategy was an inexistent dialogue table. The response has been hundreds of thousands, or even more, attending it & demanding independence.
VIDEO: Spanish police have seized this evening a T-shirt calling for the freedom of the Catalan political prisoners from a woman who has been forced to enter a Seville Stadium to watch the Spanish King's Cup Final wearing a bra.
#EU
#HumanRights
🔴 The Spanish government delegation in Madrid, which prohibited Women's Day rallies and a bunch of other demonstrations, has authorized a fascist demonstration today.
BREAKING: International observers conclude that the trial against the jailed leaders over the Oct. 1st independence referendum has "violated" human rights.
#EU
#Catalonia
VIDEO: Someone has projected images of the Spanish police’s violence from the 2017 referendum on the facade of the Supreme Court during the whole night.
Spanish prosecutor accuses the international media such as the BBC, CNN, Le Monde, Le Figaro, The New York Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, La Repubblica, etc. of "manipulation of information" during and after last year's referendum.
VIDEO: A group of people -- in my opinion, criminals who should immediately be punished by pertinent authorities -- has simulated today the assassination of Catalan President Puigdemont in Coripe, Seville, Spain.
#Catalonia
#EU
#UN
#ThisIsTheRealSpain
VIDEO: Jailed Catalan leader
@raulromeva
swears in as Senator: "Until the proclamation of the Catalan Republic and always committed to freedom, equality, and fraternity, as a political prisoner, and by legal imperative, I promise."
#Catalonia
#EU
Numerous photojournalists protest in Barcelona against the detention of the Catalan photojournalist Carles Palacio by the Spanish police earlier today.
Today in Puerto de Santa Maria, Cadiz, Spain. No concerts, no sports events, but an event to murder animals: bulls, is allowed. The incompetence of Spanish authorities is staggering!
RIDICULOUS: The Spanish government forbids all administrations, including the Catalan one, to host websites outside the
#EU
and it has been found out that the Spanish Ministry for Home Affairs website is hosted in the
#US
.
BREAKING: Josep Lluís Alay, the head of the Office of Puigdemont, accuses the New York Times of participating in a Spanish international operation of harassment against the exiled President aimed at eroding his international image to facilitate his detention and extradition.
I am good, safe and healthy. No missing. I have just been and will still be offline for a few days (till mid next week) since I am doing other important tasks offline. And not always have acces to Internet. Thanks for understanding.
VIDEO: The Catalan swimmer Pere Balcells wins the gold medal in the Seoul Senior World Championship 50m breaststroke and celebrates it with the Estelada, the Catalan independentist flag.
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#Catalonia
Thousands in Barcelona already await the arrival of exiled Catalan President Carles Puigdemont. The police are expected to break the law and attempt his detention.
Spain's foreign minister Borrell threatens with leaving an interview and accuses the presenter of lying and being biased because he doesn't like the questions.
Jailed Catalan leader
@jcuixart
: “I am not a politician in prison, I am a political prisoner who uses jail to denounce Spain’s human rights violations. Prison has simply become a loudspeaker.”
UPDATE: The Catalan parliament declares that
#Catalonia
"does not recognize any king" and denounces the connivance of the State with the escape of the King emeritus.
🔴 Deliveroo announces it's pulling out of the Spanish market. This decision comes weeks before Spain's delivery rider law comes into effect. Apparently, this business model is not sustainable without the exploitation of fake "freelance" workers.
BREAKING: President Puigdemont (
@KRLS
) and exiled Catalan leader
@toni_comin
have been able to enter the European Parliament. They are holding meetings with different parliamentary groups.