Oriol Junqueras

Jailed Catalan ex-vice president in court to seek release

Madrid - Muslimchronicle

Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday considered an appeal by former Catalan vice president Oriol Junqueras against his jailing while he is investigated for rebellion and sedition over the region's independence drive. Junqueras, in custody since November 2, arrived at the Madrid courthouse in a police van to appear before a panel of three judges who will decide whether to keepRead more

Puigdemont mulls whether to return

Barcelona - Muslimchronicle

Ousted Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was weighing up whether to return to the region, where he faces arrest, close aides said on Saturday (Dec 23), after pro-independence parties defeated Spain's central government in pivotal elections. Puigdemont campaigned from Brussels, where he sought self-imposed exile after he was sacked by Madrid and a Spanish court charged him with rebellion, sedition and misuse ofRead more

Judge refuses to free four Catalan leaders as elections near

Brussels - Muslimchronicle

Catalonia's sacked vice president Oriol Junqueras and three other separatist leaders will remain in prison during a probe over their role in the region's independence drive, a Spanish judge decided Monday, as critical Catalan elections approach. Six other former ministers who were also remanded in custody last month will be released on bail of 100,000 euros ($119,000) each as anRead more

Judge keeps Catalan ex-vice president, three other leaders in jail

Madrid - Muslimchronicle

Catalonia's sacked vice president and three other separatist leaders will remain in prison pending a probe over their role in the region's independence drive, a Supreme Court judge decided Monday. Oriol Junqueras, who was sacked as vice-president when the Catalan parliament declared independence on October 27, Joaquim Forn, who used to be in charge of interior matters in Catalonia, andRead more

Catalan ex-ministers face jail over secession bid

Madrid - Muslimchronicle

A judge in Madrid on Thursday ordered ministers of Catalonia's deposed government to be held in jail pending further probes into their role in the regional government's quest for independence, prompting calls for protests in Barcelona and other cities. Accused of sedition, rebellion and misuse of public funds, Catalonia's former vice president Oriol Junqueras and seven other deposed regional ministersRead more

Republic or no republic? Day of confusion in Catalonia

Barcelona - Muslimchronicle

Is Catalonia's republic dead in the water? Are its leaders really beating a retreat just three days after the regional parliament declared independence? A sense of confusion reigned Monday on the streets of Barcelona... and in Catalan government offices. "There is no Catalan republic as such," Marc Galvan, a 24-year-old "leftwing independence supporter", said as he walked out of aRead more