Catalan ex-president Quim Torra was to face his second trial for disobedience this Thursday, for hanging a banner in defence of political prisoners from the Palau de la Generalitat. But in a statement and a video posted on social media, Torra has announced that he will not turn up in court: "Today I will be tried again, but I will not legitimise a new farce, a new repressive staging disguised as justice, with my presence. I ask for protection from international courts, because I do not recognise the legitimacy of the Spanish justice system which does not respect either international treaties or fundamental rights. Catalan pro-independence supporters can only find justice in Europe," he said.