The human rights organisation disputed the Spanish Supreme Court’s definition of ‘sedition’, the charge facing exiled Catalan minister Clara Ponsati

Former Catalan minister appears at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after handing herself in to Scottish police following a European Arrest Warrant from Spain

-          After being released on bail, Clara Ponsati will next appear in court on 12 December

-          A full hearing for the former Catalan minister is likely to take place in Spring, 2020, according to her lawyer Aamer Anwar

-          Ponsati views the charge of sedition against her as “politically motivated prosecution”

UK authorities have returned the European Arrest Warrant for the former Catalan minister to Spain, which Ponsati’s lawyer argues contains “glaring contradictions”

-          Court date for exiled former Catalan education minister cancelled after European Arrest Warrant is returned to Spain for clarification

-          The translated warrant reportedly refers to ‘Rebellion’ – a crime which Ponsati has not been charged with’ – and mentions Ponsati on only two pages out of 59

Protests organisers appeal for support across Scotland’s constitutional divide

-          Demonstration demanding the release of Catalan political prisoners to take place in Glasgow on 26 October

-          Protests continue in Catalonia following the sentencing of nine leading pro-independence figures in lengthy jail terms, and have seen violent clashes with Spanish authorities

The exiled former Catalan minister has published a proposal calling for “peace, amnesty and self-determination” as political unrest continues

European Free Alliance President indicates Scots could use extra-parliamentary action to halt the extradition of Clara Ponsati

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon “appalled” by Catalan trial verdict, as SNP conference gives overwhelming support to emergency resolution of solidarity

Scottish independence campaigners pledge solidarity with imprisoned Catalan leaders

Ahead of the fourth Spanish election in four years, acting Spanish president Pedro Sánchez threatened to once again activate Article 155 of the constitution and suspend Catalan autonomy