The judge has ordered eight members of the Catalan government to be remanded in custody pending possible charges over declaration of independence, threatening territorial integrity of Kingdom of Spain. I never imagined,that EU would stand silent, when one of its member countries takes political prisoners. Don't look away. Please. #Catalonia — Mikko Kärnä 🇫🇮🇺🇦 (@KarnaMikko)…
Tag: Oriol Junqueras
Junqueras vows to defend Catalan independence
Catalonia’s political leaders will appear before High court in Madrid facing charges of rebellion, sedition, and misuse of public funds, while the region’s president Carles Puigdemont denounced the processes as “political revenge” from his Brussels exile. .@junqueras faces 30 years in prison for organizing the independence vote. He is charged with rebellion, sedition and misuse…
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…
Basques: Rajoy sets “dangerous precedent”
The Catalonia crisis is rapidly spreading to the other regions of Spain, concerned by their future after Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy decision to apply Article 155, and return freedom-aspiring Catalans to direct rule of Madrid. Basque Nationalist (PNV) spokesman Esteban says Rajoy's "lax and abusive" use of Article 155 in Catalonia "sets a dangerous precedent"….
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