Piulada de Germà Capdevila. Dret penal de l'enemic (14 JUN 2019)

Germà Capdevila comenta l'aplicació del dret penal de l'enemic a Oriol Junqueras.

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Manifest de suport al president de la Generalitat de Catalunya (17 SET 2020)

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Dirty work by Spanish Supreme Court against VP Junqueras MEP

Here are two reactions by M. Strubell ( in English and in Catalan) to some of the latest moves by the Spanish Supreme Court, after being wrong-footed by a recent CJEU judgment recognising the rights of Catalan MEO-elects.
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Financial Times editorial

El diari anglès Financial Times ha fet un editorial crític amb la sentència del Tribunal Suprem (

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Sentencia-Marti

Here is an English rendering of the initial reaction by Prof. Martí to this morning's Supreme Court judgment condemning seven of the Catalan political leaders, and the two social society leaders, to 9-13 year gaol sentences. I hope he does not mind!
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By Josep Gifreu: "The judges' discourse" (28/3/2019)

Professor Josep Gifreu argues that in the context of globalization, the central role of the State is as the "nation's police". The on-going trial against the Catalan social and political leaders in the Supreme Court - and the role of the police in it - is clear evidence of this. Here is an English translation. I hope the author and the newspaper don't mind.
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Cronologia de 2017-2020 del Parlament

Una cronologia molt completa, preparada pel Parlament de Catalunya, de documents enllaçats referents al Procés d'Independència de Catalunya, que he copiat en aquest post.
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Spain's top judge, Lesmes, sends a dying colleague a controversial letter

There was widespread criticism of the patriotic tone (which was taken to refer to his stance on the Catalan process) in a letter sent by Spain's top judge to a colleague on his deathbed. The latter was in charge of one of the most severely criticised investigations into the organisation of the self-determination referendum on October 1 2017, which he started months ahead of the actual poll. (I hope the agency does not object to this translation, by M.S.)

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TEXT: Judge Llarena refuses Jordi Sanchez bail (12/4/2018)

This is, in its original Spanish, the text of the court ruling issued by judge Pablo Llarena denying Jordi Sànchez MP the right to attend the Catalan Parliament as candidate to the presidency of Catalonia. (54 pp.)

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