Clara Ponsatí handed herself in to police in Scotland after Spanish government issued warrant for her arrestThe crowdfunding appeal established to assist the former Catalan minister Professor Clara Ponsatí in her fight with the Spanish government against extradition is believed to have set a new record. Moments after the issue of the EAW, Ponsatí’s lawyer, Aamer Anwar, set up an online crowdfunding appeal. When we reached Edinburgh this had more than doubled. If the extradition is granted, Ponsatí will have the right of appeal. “Violent rebellion”, the most serious of the 56 instances of criminality for which Madrid is seeking Ponsatí’s extradition, is not included in Scots law.

Source: The Guardian March 31, 2018 11:10 UTC