Tens of thousands of Spaniards protested in Madrid on Sunday against government plans to pardon 12 Catalan politicians who were convicted over the region's failed independence bid in 2017, a move the demonstrators see as a threat to national unity.

Thousands protest against Spain's possible pardons for jailed Catalan leaders

Hong Kong protesters plan to rally on Thursday evening to show solidarity with people demonstrating in Spain's wealthiest region of Catalonia over jail sentences handed out to nine separatist leaders.

Hong Kong protesters to rally in support of Catalan activists

Police in Spain said Wednesday they arrested 51 people across Catalonia overnight after violent protests over the jailing of nine separatist leaders for their role in a failed 2017 independence bid.

Several arrested during Catalan protests over jailing of separatist leaders

It's been almost a hundred years since the advent of the Catalan independence movement. And today could mark a historic moment in this long and drawn-out struggle.

Catalan separatist leaders' trial: Spain's Supreme Court expected to announce verdict

"I feel fury and a sense of powerlessness," said Joan Guich, a 19-year-old student protesting in Barcelona after Spain's Supreme Court jailed nine Catalan leaders jailed over a failed independence bid.

Angry protesters take to streets as Spain jails Catalan leaders over failed independence bid

Spain's Supreme Court on Monday sentenced nine Catalan leaders to prison terms of between nine and 13 years for sedition for their role in a failed 2017 independence bid.

Spain jails nine Catalan leaders up to 13 years for sedition

Catalonia's highest-profile jailed separatist leader accused Spain of trying to behead the secessionist movement with a trial on the region's failed independence bid, adding that another independence referendum was still a possibility.

Jailed Catalan leader says Spain wants to 'behead' separatism

Four Catalan leaders on trial over a 2017 bid to split their region from Spain have said separatists should be more flexible about entering negotiations on forming the next Madrid government after April 28 national election.

Jailed Catalan leaders ease position on post-election coalition talks

Barcelona: Protest against trial of secessionist Catalan leaders

Twelve former Catalan leaders go on trial on Tuesday at Spain's Supreme Court for their role in a failed 2017 bid to break away from Spain. Here are some key facts about the trial.

Trial of former Catalan leaders: What you need to know

12 Catalan leaders go on trial in Madrid over independence bid

Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered 18 former Catalan leaders to stand trial over their role in last year's declaration of independence. The trial is expected to start in early 2019 and will likely revive tensions between Catalonia and Spain's central government, which have eased since new socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez came to power in June.

Spain Supreme Court orders trial of former Catalan leaders

A Spanish Supreme Court judge on Friday said he would try 13 Catalan leaders for rebellion, a crime punishable by up to 25 years in jail, over their role in Catalonia's banned independence drive last year

Spain's top court to try 13 Catalan leaders for rebellion

Three Catalan leaders imprisoned in Spain over their role in their region's independence crisis will take their case to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, their lawyers in London said on Thursday

Three jailed Catalan leaders appeal to UN panel: lawyers

Attorney-General Jose Manuel Maza also called for charges of misuse of funds to be laid.?Under Spain's legal system, the request goes to a judge for consideration.

Spain's prosecutor pushes for sedition charges against Catalan leaders

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