I hope @lisanandy 's comments on Catalonia were a mis-speak. I was there on 1 Oct 2018 when Spanish riot cops beat the shit out of elderly civilians... Catalan nationalism is cosmopolitan, not "divisive", and its left parties are way more socialist than PSOE...
📣 EFA calls on UK Government to allow #Scotland the right to decide its own future.
Tories cannot ignore the clear mandate for #democracy in Scotland by blocking the Scottish Government’s request to hold a referendum on independence.
#SelfDetermination is a fundamental right.
Oriol Junqueras reacts after ECJ ruling on him: "Justice has arrived from Europe. Our rights and those of 2 million citizens who voted for us were violated. Annul the verdict and freedom for all! Persist like we have!"
https://t.co/xl6QgS68q1
#BREAKING: The European Court of Justice has ruled that jailed Catalan independence leader Oriol Junqueras has parliamentary immunity after being elected as an MEP
Pro-independence ERC's Aragonès views Spain's election results favorably as his party has "obtained more seats in Catalonia than Ciutadans has throughout Spain." According to him, "the independence movement is stronger than ever having won its best-ever general election results."
The #SpanishElections exit polls are looking good for @Esquerra_ERC the largest pro independence party.
Can Catalonia return a pro independence majority to the Parliament on Madrid?
The future of #Catalonia should be decided through the ballot box – not in the courts.
All of us have a duty to speak up whenever the rights to democratic expression and civil rights are under attack. Our thoughts and solidarity are with those sentenced today and their families.
❗️99 years and 6 months.
Let's turn anger into strenght, indignation into energy. Let's bring down the regime. Let's walk towards #independence.
✊ Amnesty. Self-determination #CatalanRepublic
🎥 | Tsunami Democràtic, a grassroots group organising the response to the #CatalanTrial verdict attempt to shut down all activity at Barcelona airport
Public transport links have halted & huge traffic jams surround the airport right now as thousands of demonstrators gather
#SNP19 has voted to stand in solidarity with Catalonia.
Catalan Scot @Valensercla delivered a moving speech demanding amnesty for political prisoners 🎗
These politicians have been jailed for seeking to allow the people of Catalonia to peacefully choose their own future. Any political system that leads to such a dreadful outcome needs urgent change. My thoughts and solidarity are with all of them and their families.
📝[LETTER] @junqueras “Two years in pre-trial detention was the prelude to this sentence, a sentence that does nothing but strengthen my democratic and republican convictions.”
Oriol Junqueras, President of ERC, sentenced to 13 years in prison.
https://t.co/68HEbiv4bL
Nine Catalan political leaders have just been sentenced by the Spanish justice to up to 13 years in prison for exercising the right to self-determination and calling for peaceful protests.
If you care about human rights, copy, paste, tweet this message, and #StandUpForCatalonia
#BREAKING 9 Catalan pro-independence leaders convicted to prison over 2017 referendum case charged with sedition and misuse of public funds with prison sentences ranging from 9 to 13 years