Madrid opens criminal trials against Catalan politicians

Oriol Junqueras, the vice-president of the ousted Catalan government; has arrived in Madrid for questioning over allegations of rebellion for declaring the region’s independence from Spain. Vice president Oriol Junqueras, dismissed by the Spanish govt, arrives at the Spanish National Court to testify against charges of rebellion pic.twitter.com/J3f06NNwwF — Catalan News (@catalannews) November 2, 2017…

President Puigdemont denounces “political trial”

The Government of the Generalitat, which the Spanish executives consider to have ceased, has issued a statement from Brussels regarding the quotations of President Puigdemont and the Councilors tomorrow to the National Court: https://twitter.com/thespainreport/status/925815465850621952 The statement, which is faced with “The legitimate government of the Generalitat de Catalunya“, denounces what it considers a “political trial” with a…