Catalan independence activists seek international support as tensions rise ahead of  imprisoned leaders’ verdicts

Fifty-two deputies of the French National Assembly have published a public letter condemning the ongoing imprisonment of 12 pro-independence Catalan politicians

SNP MEPs join demonstrators in support of Catalan MEPs denied interim measures to take up their seats in Strasbourg

Oriol Junqueras denounces the “cowardice” of Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez for refusing dialogue with pro-independence parties

The far-right Spanish party Vox will accuse the Catalan independence movement of a “coup d'état" at the European Parliament in March, while an event featuring Catalan President Quim Torra and former president Carles Puigdemont has been banned

As Iceland becomes the first nation-state to publicly express concern to Spain over the trial of Catalan leaders, Scottish minister reiterates support for “the people of Catalonia to determine their own future”

“We never imagined that something like this could happen in the European Union,” said SNP MP Gavin Newlands

A DELEGATION of MPs from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Catalonia today [18 September] met with the seven Catalan political prisoners being held at Lledoners prison, awaiting trial for their involvement in the outlawed Catalan independence referendum of 2017.