• UN admits Puigdemont appeal on injury rights. Protesters still in the street after his arrest
  • Catalonia, Puigdemont remains in the cell waiting for the extradition decision
  • Former Catalan president Puigdemont arrested in Germany. The protests explode in Barcelona

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March 27, 2018 "I will not give up": said Carles Puigdemont in the first meeting in the German prison, today, with his Catalan lawyer Jaume Alonso Cuevillas. The lawyer told Tv3 that he had found the former Catalan president "with great strength, courage, determination" and in "good physical and mental health". "For us - he said - it was an injection of euphoria".

"I am a political prisoner"
During the interview, Puigdemont added that he considered himself "a political prisoner". The Catalan leader also rejoiced with Jaume Alponso Cuevillas that the UN human rights committee admitted his appeal against Spain in which he denounced the violation of his political rights, and stated that he was well treated by the prison services Germans.

German judge does not exclude 'no' to the extradition of Puigdemont
The German judge, who confirmed his provisional detention yesterday, did not rule out the possibility that the Spanish extradition request could be rejected. According to La Vanguardia, quoting the German press. "Undoubtedly the European detention order - writes the magistrate - contains indications that the extradition of the person concerned, after a complete evaluation of the judicial issues, could be denied".

UN admits Puigdemont's appeal on rights violation
The UN Human Rights Commission has declared the appeal presented by the former Catalan president against the violation of his political rights by Spain to be 'admissible'. The Commission, which will now have to rule on the merits of the complaint, the Catalan press reports, has declared admissible in recent days the appeal of another detained Catalan political leader, Jordi Sanchez, and has asked Spain in cautionary form to protect its political rights .

The protests in Catalonia are not abating
Meanwhile, the protests in Catalonia are not placated after the arrest of the former president of the Generalitat: groups of protesters blocked the morning traffic on the Ap7 motorway in Figueres, near the French border.

Traffic was also interrupted on several other Catalan roads. In Barcelona two of the city's main arteries, the Diagonal and the Meridiana, were paralyzed. The protesters call for the release of the former president and other Catalan leaders in preventive detention in Madrid.