Following their meeting at Bute House, both leaders agreed that in “21st century Europe issues of self-determination must ultimately be addressed through democratic referendums”

CATALAN ACTIVISTS have welcomed the outcome of the historic meeting between First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Catalan President Quim Torra yesterday [11 June], characterising the symbolic strengthening of ties between the two nations as “a great achievement.”

Call from Scottish activists follows meeting between the Catalan President Quim Torra and new Spanish Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez

THE CATALAN DEFENCE COMMITTEE (CDC) SCOTLAND has called on the Scottish and UK Governments, as well as opposition parties, to apply political pressure to the Spanish Government to endorse a recognised referendum on Catalan independence, on the even of new Catalan President Quim Torra meeting First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh.

Meeting will be first between Catalan president and first minister of Scotland since 2014

THE president of Catalonia, Quim Torra, will visit the former Catalan government minister and exile Clara Ponsati and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Scotland next week.

"President Quim Torra has confirmed that he will meet with Spanish President Pedro Sánchez on 9 July 9 and then arrive in Scotland on 10 July to meet with Professor Clara Ponsatí," Aamer Anwar, Ponsati’s lawyer, said in a statement quoted in La Vanguardia.

The German courts’ decision marks the latest setback in Spain’s attempt to prosecute exiled Catalan politicians

SPANISH ATTEMPTS to extradite former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont have faced a major roadblock, as the German court overseeing the case has turned down requests from the prosecution that Puigdemont be incarcerated in pretrial prison while his European Arrest Warrant is assessed.

Embattled former Catalan minister released ahead of April hearing as hundreds of activists rally in support

FORMER CATALAN MINISTER Clara Ponsati has been released on bail, following her appearance at the Edinburgh Sheriff Court in response to a warrant from the Spanish Government, seeking her extradition on charges of rebellion and misappropriation of public funds.

Ponsati’s lawyer Aamer Anwar says former Catalan minister is ‘determined to fight back’

FORMER CATALAN MINISTER Clara Ponsati has formally been placed under arrest following her voluntary arrival at an Edinburgh police station, accompanied by her solicitor Aamer Anwar and members of her legal team.

Aamer Anwar defends Scottish Government position and announces crowdfunder for former Catalan minister’s legal costs

AAMER ANWAR, the lawyer for former Catalan minister Clara Ponsati, has defended the Scottish Government’s lack of direct intervention in his client’s case and has announced that crowdfunding on her behalf will begin shortly.

Carles Puigdemont has “provisionally” stepped aside as Catalan president in favour of imprisoned grassroots leader Jordi Sànchez

ORIOL JUNQUERAS, the imprisoned vice-president of Catalonia, should be regarded as the legitimate successor to Carles Puigdemont, the major pro-independence Catalan party Esquerra Republicana (ERC) has argued.

During Catalan referendum, rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly were “disproportionately restricted”, says Amnesty report

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, the human rights non-governmental organisation, has noted a number of serious human rights violations in Spain and Catalonia as a result of the actions of the Spanish Government and Spanish authorities during 2017’s Catalan independence referendum.