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Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday jailed nine Catalan separatists with sentences ranging from 9-13 years imprisonment for the crimes of sedition and misuse of public funds. These sentences are each followed by equal periods of absolute ineligibility for public office. Three others were fined and charged with civil disobedience. The court did not find the [...]

The Supreme Court of Spain on Thursday ordered 18 former politicians to stand trial for their involvement in the region’s independence referendum proposed by parliament last year. Out of the 18 pro-independence leaders, nine are being held in prison and are expected to stand trial for rebellion, a charge that carries a 30 year prison [...]

A judge for Spain’s Supreme Court  said Thursday that he has withdrawn rebellion charges for six politicians involved in the Catalan independence referendum nullified and declared unconstitutional in October 2017. Among these six include former president of the Catalan Generalitat Carles Puigdemont. The Spanish Court agreed with terms set out by the Superior Regional Court [...]

A German court ruled Thursday that Carles Puigdemont  could be extradited to Spain on a charge of misuse of public funds. Puigdemont, the former Catalan leader and separatist advocate, first fled Spanish soil back in October, absconding to Belgium after his administration had declared independence from Spain. He has since been required to stay in [...]

The First Criminal Senate of Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein Higher Regional Court on Tuesday rejected the Attorney General’s request to rearrest former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, saying the risk of Puigdemont absconding are slight. The Neumünster District Court rejected an extradition request for Puigdemont on a rebellion charge for his role during Catalonia’s independence movement. Though the [...]

The Spanish Supreme Court on Thursday rejected was denied in March by the same court and judge. While in jail, Sanchez will...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: David Kaye , the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression urged Spain on Friday not to...

A German court on Thursday rejected an extradition request for former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont on the charge of rebellion for his role during Catalonia's independence movement. Puigdemont had declared Catalonia's independence from Spain...

Judge Carmen Lamela of Spain's National Court on Wednesday charged the former Catalan chief of police, Josep Lluís Trapero, with sedition for his role in the 2017 independence...

The Schleswig-Holstein Higher Regional Court in Germany confirmed Tuesday that an application has been filed by prosecutors in Germany to extradite the deposed Catalonia president Carles Puigdemont . A three-judge senate...