As Clara Ponsati’s extradition hearings begin, Sean Bell looks at how the case is being pursued by her lawyer Aamer Anwar in a way which has explictly radical consequences: if Ponsati wins, it may be on the basis that the political and legal system under Mariano Rajoy’s government “still contains vestiges of Spain’s fascist past”.

Students and locals came out in support of the St Andrews University academic on Monday 3 April 

SPANISH attempts to extradite the former Catalan education minister Clara Ponsati were protested in St Andrews on Monday, with students at the university 'standing up for democracy' and defending the academic. 

Professor Ponsati was arrested in Edinburgh after a European Arrest Warrant was issued by the Spanish courts, but was later released on bail after a short hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. 

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.

Three of those jailed for their role in the Catalan independence struggle will take their case to UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

THREE IMPRISONED CATALAN LEADERS, including Catalan vice-president Oriol Junqueras, will take their case to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, their lawyers announced on Thursday (1 February).

Demonstration against “brutal repression” to be held by the Catalan Defence Committee Scotland

THE CATALAN DEFENCE COMMITTEE SCOTLAND (CDCS) have called for a rally outside the Scottish Parliament on 21 December to show solidarity with the people of Catalonia on the day of their historic election.

CommonSpace sat down with the former first minister at the Scottish Independence Convention

FORMER FIRST MINISTER ALEX SALMOND believes the UK Government has remained silent on the situation in Catalonia out of fear of reprisals by the Spanish Government in Brexit negotiations.  

Spanish prosecutors seeking arrest of Catalan president, according to his Belgian lawyer

CARLES PUIGDEMONT, the president of the Catalan government dissolved by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, is now subject to a European arrest warrant, his Belgian lawyer has stated on Flemish television.