With so many people around the world mourning the loss of loved ones at this time, I wanted to share some phrases from "A Grief Observed" by C.S. Lewis, given to me by a good friend when my mother died in 1988 at the age of 48.
#coronavirus Although Lewis wrote "A Grief Observed" about the loss of his partner and he talks a lot about his faith, which might not be relevant to everyone, this account of his grief helped me, like a friend who is going through the same as you. It made me feel less alone.

Report on visits to people imprisoned since Oct 14 during protests in #Catalonia against #Spain's Supreme Court ruling 459/2019 by @sirecovi (System for Registration and Communication of Situations of Institutional Violence) of the OSPDH-UB (@OSPDH1)

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sirecovi.ub.edu/index_en.html More than 200 people were arrested and 600 injured during clashes between protesters and police officers from various forces.

The @sirecovi report is the result of interviews with 22 of the people who were remanded in custody.

Pic: Enric Fontcuberta @EFEnoticias
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Avui @elsmatins ha sortit una vella coneguda, l’eterna estudianta a @UABBarcelona, la @JuliaMorenoR, pres @ShaAcabatNo, activista @Ciudadanos @JovesSCC amb la mateixa jugada de sempre: “Som totalment independents de qualsevol partit polític” ha dit, tota seriosa ella
#Astroturf
1 @elsmatins @UABBarcelona @JuliaMorenoR @ciudadanos @JovesSCC La mateixa @JuliaMorenoR que va sortir a @EspejoPublico de la @susannagriso fa 2 anys fent-se la víctima apolítica amb 2 activistes més. La seva amiga diu que li criden "espanyola!" o "mira, la fatxa!" al campus. Imagineu: "Espanyola!!!" Sí, sí, el que tu diguis.
#Astroturf
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Ministry of Truth
@JosepBorrellF asks #Spain's Superior Court of Justice to close #Catalan delegations in London, Geneva & Berlin for "damaging Spain's image" based on documents intercepted by his toytown spy network and social media posts.
#BorrellGate
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catalannews.com/politics/item/… London

The delegation is accused of ''retweeting messages in favour of Gibraltar" and criticising Borrell's comment on us history: "they only had to kill a handful of Indians".

In this case, surely it was Borrell was "harming #Spain's image"?
#BorrellGate
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No-show of #Spanish police and intelligence officials - Trapote, Gonzalo, Pérez de los Cobos - before commission investigating terror attacks #Catalonia, Aug '17. Disrespect of #Catalan institutions and still no news of what they knew.
#ThisIsTheRealSpain
elmon.cat/politica/el-cn… Absentees:

Ex-chief of CNP Cat, Sebastián Trapote
Dir. CNI, Félix Sanz Roldán
Ex-chief of Civil Guard Cat, Ángel Gonzalo
Interior Ministry rep. to Security Commission Cat, Diego Pérez de los Cobos
Dir. of CITCO, José Luis Olivera Serrano
Ex-DG of CNP, Germán López Iglesias

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Why @krls & @toni_comin must be allowed to take their seats in the @Europarl_EN
"The essential step to become an MEP is to receive enough support. #Catalans understood this and delivered massive majority support to @krls, @toni_comin, @ClaraPonsati, and the whole list"
@boye_g

1 "#Spain's #SupremeCourt should suspend the national arrest warrants against @krls & @toni_comin. Both now enjoy immunity that the Supreme can't interfere with. They must decide to respect the law or not, but the little credibility they still have in Europe is at risk."
@boye_g

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⚫It's the 2nd time #Spain's "SECRET CESSPIT" (#cloacas) has confirmed #PP's ex-PM #Rajoy knew about anti #Podemos & #Catalunya operations

⚫In recordings made in his office revealed by ⁦@publico_es⁩, then Interior Minister, #FernándezDíaz says: "The President knows"
#Spain
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https://twitter.com/pardodevera/status/1113372234209427458

Audio from @Moncloa_com shows that #PP interior minister Fernández Díaz sent officers to NY to investigate allegations #Podemos received funding from Venezuelan govt. Hugo Chavez' ex-finance minister was offered #Spanish nationality and new ID for info.
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elnacional.cat/en/news/spanis…

☢LAMELA☢

Journalist John Carlin says:
⚖Rosell & Catalan 12 cases show "what's on trial is the Spanish justice system"

⚖pre-trial imprisonment "shows negligence and lack of seriousness" in system and "calls into question health of justice in #Spain"
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elnacional.cat/en/politics/jo… Carlin was especially critical of High Court judge Carmen Lamela, who:
⚖remanded Rosell in custody 2 yrs ago
⚖originally ordered imprisonment in Oct '17 of civil leaders Cuixart and Sànchez
⚖2 weeks later, sent 8 members of Catalan govt to jail"
Judge Lamela has a fixation👇
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#CatalanTrial: PP - the Perjury Party 1
"A witness who doesn't tell the truth in his deposition in court shall be punished with imprisonment of 6 months to 2 yrs and a fine of 3-6 months"
Sáenz de Santamaría couldn't remember/lied
The PP can never remember/always lies
📽️@omnium #CatalanTrial: PP - the Perjury Party 2
"A witness who doesn't tell the truth in his deposition in a court case shall be punished with imprisonment of 6 months to 2 yrs and a fine of 3-6 months"
M. Rajoy couldn't remember/lied
The PP can never remember/always lies
📽️@omnium

👨‍⚖️Day 3 of the trial of the Catalan govt, in 6 videoclips👩‍⚖️

🔴Quim Forn🔴

He'd only been Interior Minister for a few months when he was dismissed and remanded in custody on 2/11/17. His testimony produced moments of tension, and comedy.

[📽️Video thread - ST in English👇]
1 👨‍⚖️No laughing matter👩‍⚖️

Prosecutor: Do you know if any of those dismissed had declared themselves opposed to this insistence on holding a referendum when it had been declared unconstitutional?"

@quimforn: Well, I don't think so, because they all went to vote.

📽️ ST in English
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👨‍⚖️Day 3 of the trial of the Catalan government, in 12 videoclips👩‍⚖️

🔴Oriol Junqueras' testimony🔴

The voice of Catalan VP, Oriol Junqueras, hadn't been heard for 15 months since he was dismissed and remanded in custody on 2 November, 2017

[📽️Video thread - ST in English👇]
1 "I'm convinced that I am accused for my ideas and not for my acts and, considering that this is a political trial, as I understand it, and that I'm an elected representative and have a duty to my voters, I will not answer any prosecution questions." @junqueras

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👨‍⚖️Day 2 of the trial of the Catalan process in 10 quotes (and 12 tweets):

🔴Prosecution counsels respond

Public Prosecutor, Solicitor General of the State and private prosecution, far-right political party, Vox, in the Supreme Court
[Thread in English]
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ccma.cat/324/dia-2-del-… Javier Zaragoza, the Public Prosecutor, stated that this is “a trial in defence of Spanish democracy”:

“Their aim is to turn those who have severely fractured and broken the constitutional order into victims of political persecution.”
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How can the talks between the Spanish & the Catalans have broken down "before they even began"?
The Spanish government has rolled over to pressure from all sectors of Spanish nationalism, from the nominal left to the far far right, not to negotiate with Catalan independentists.
1 Pablo Casado (PP) and Albert Rivera (Ciudadanos) call to Spanish nationalism will be answered tomorrow in Columbus Square in Madrid by a toxic mix of pseudosocialists, neoliberals, ultraconservatives, fascists, fascist sympathisers, Falangists, Franco nostalgics and neonazis.
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🕵FELON!🕵

SPAIN's nominal left, right, far-right and far-far-right announce demo for Sunday in Madrid's COLUMBUS Square (world's largest Spanish flag) in opposition to PSOE PM Sánchez's "HIGH TREASON"!!!

What has he done? 😰

👇[💣treasonous thread💥]👇
elnacional.cat/en/news/spain-… Has he induced a foreign power to declare war on Spain?
Has he invited Brexit Britain to send the Royal Navy to protect The Rock?
Has he armed the Catalans?
Has he assisted an invader?
Has he starved the Spanish
armed forces?
Is he a Russian spy?

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THE TRIAL OF THE CATALAN 12

#Spain’s Supreme Court aims to render #Catalan political prisoners defenceless in court
@jcasulleras @VilaWeb_EN

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english.vilaweb.cat/noticies/spani… The panel of judges have admitted almost all witnesses and evidence proposed by the Public Prosecutor, the Solicitor General and far-right political party Vox but rejected 50 defence witnesses, some key to their case, a host of expert witnesses and vital pieces of evidence
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"The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff" - a show

A story of extreme childhood poverty, sleeping rough, hunger marches, mass trespasses, the Battle of Cable Street, fighting fascists in the Spanish civil war, wounded 3 times, fighting Nazism in WWII, decorated...
theguardian.com/music/2019/feb… "The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff" follows the footsteps of a working class hero who witnessed some of the most momentous events of the 1930s
theyounguns.co.uk/johnnylongstaff

The persecution of Catalan indy leaders, officials & activists through the courts and their intimidation on the streets has been constant. In past 24h alone:

⚠public prosecutor seeks 6-yr sentences for 2 activists for moving bins and throwing a stone⚠
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larepublica.cat/demanen-6-anys… ⚠Police officer and pro-indy activist, Albert Donaire, has his allotment destroyed after threats to himself and his family⚠

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https://twitter.com/albertdmcat/status/1092369960905728000?s=19

📰Financial Times📰

📺Televised trial of #Catalan secessionists set to reignite passions

⚖Courtroom drama comes at delicate time for coalition government

1 📃The declaration of independence was not ratified or published in the official gazette of the Generalitat

🕵The charges ARE rebellion, sedition, disobedience and misuse of public funds

🙈Lazy: "Fled", "One of Spain's wealthiest regions", etc

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Spain''s Propagandaministerium

Despite having most Spanish media organisations in his pocket, the complicity of the international press and huge resources, Joseph Borrell prepares to spend even more convincing the world that it is flat.
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elnacional.cat/en/politics/sp… Spain isn't the 'victim' of 'misinformation', but its own clearly mendacious narrative of the Catalan independentist leaders' violence, and its legal abuse in trying to make it stick and silence dissent.
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Frente Nacional Identitario - a Spanish far-right organisation with links to Fascist and Nazi groups across Europe - allowed to march to Catalonia's parliament square to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the fall of Barcelona to Franco's forces.
publico.es/espana/atentad… Always a warm welcome when the Fascists and the Nazis come into town
Via Laietana
#Barcelona #antifascist

Now that the powerful arm of the furies terrorises
the city of ideals we tried to defend,
among the ruins of hanging dreams, closer to the earth,
Fatherland, protect us: the earth will never know how to lie.
Màrius Torres
The fall of Barcelona 26/01/1939
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naciodigital.cat/noticia/171475… The bridge of Esplugues: the last fight in the capital
The final pocket of resistance to Franco's army marching on Barcelona on January 26, 1939, took place here. 16 died.
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naciodigital.cat/noticia/171524…