Catalan leaders get 13 years in jail for sedition
Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday sentenced nine of the 12 accused Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition over their roles in the region’s 2017 failed bid for independence.
The sentences were lower than demanded by the prosecution which had sought up to 25 years behind bars for former Catalan Vice President Oriol Junqueras.
The three other defendants in the landmark ruling were found guilty only of disobedience and not sentenced to prison. All defendants were acquitted of the most severe charge, rebellion.
The former head of Catalonia’s regional government Carles Puigdemont reacted sharply to the verdict, terming it an “atrocity.”
Via Al Jazeera
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