Articles tagged with: Prosecutor

09 April 2019 11:22 AM

Image of the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, in Neumünster, Germany, in March 2019 (by Natàlia Segura)

Spanish prosecutor may be linked to Puigdemont espionage – Belgian investigation

Official was in a Brussels hotel considered key in investigation into tracking devices placed in the Catalan leader cars

Politics

11 December 2018 05:01 PM

Pro-independence protesters blocking Catalonia's AP-7 highway (by Mar Rovira)

Catalan police under investigation for not stopping protests

Prosecutor accuses Mossos d'Esquadra of failing to prevent demonstrators from blocking major highway and raising toll barriers

Society

07 November 2018 10:09 AM

Police vans outside Spain's National Court carrying some Catalan jailed leaders in April 2018 (by Xavier Alsinet)

Trial against 2017 push for independence: where are we now?

Q&A on when and what to expect in proceedings against 18 Catalan leaders, with help of criminal law professor Josep Maria Tamarit

Politics

02 November 2018 06:42 PM

Voters facing police officers on October 1 in Catalonia (by Carles Palacio)

Prosecutors accuse Catalan leaders of uprising including 'force, aggression and violence'

Justification for demands for lengthy prison terms for pro-independence officials claim police heads were implicit in secession bid

Politics

02 November 2018 12:23 PM

The Spanish Supreme Court on January 30, 2018 (by Javier Barbancho)

Spain’s solicitor general asks leaders be tried for sedition and misuse of funds

Authority representing Spanish government in trial of pro-independence officials rules out rebellion charge but demands they serve 7 to 12 years behind bars

Politics

01 November 2018 09:39 PM

Spain’s solicitor general will request sedition and misuse of funds sentences for leaders

Authority representing Spanish government in trial against pro-independence officials rules out rebellion

Politics

13 October 2018 06:50 PM

Yellow ribbons in front of photos of jailed leaders Jordi Sánchez, Jordi Cuixart, Oriol Junqueras and Joaquim Forn at a Catalan National Assembly event on February 25 2018 (by Maria Belmez)

Spain's prosecutor to keep rebellion charges against Catalan leaders - reports

Sources in the judiciary suggest prosecutor will ask for the minimum sentence of 15 years, while other reports put prison time at between 25 and 30 years

Politics