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» Declan Kearney Sinn Féin National Chairperson “Catalunya and the Basque Country are European issues. It is no longer tenable for the European Union (EU) to remain passive and silent in the face of democracy being denied, and human rights violations being perpetrated: Or, whilst the Spanish government fails to engage in direct, good faith negotiations with the respective political leaderships" - Declan Kearney My interest in the Spanish Civil War was triggered at a young age by a book on t...

Sinn Féins National Chairperson, Declan Kearney MLA, and former President, Gerry Adams, held an online meeting with imprisoned Catalan representatives, Oriol Junqueras, President of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), and Raul Romeva, the former Foreign Minister of the Catalan government. Both are currently serving prison sentences of 13 years and 12 years respectively in Lledoners prison, Catalonia. Also in attendance was Marta Rovira, the ERC General Secretary, who is currently exiled i...