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2019-10-15 Europe

Spain jails Catalan separatist leaders for independence bid

[DAWN] Thousands of angry protesters erupted into the streets of Barcelona on Monday after Spain's Supreme Court sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in jail for sedition over the failed 2017 independence bid.

As the news broke, demonstrators turned out en masse, blocking streets in Barcelona and elsewhere as police braced for what activists said would be a mass response of civil disobedience.

The long-awaited ruling capped weeks of rising tension, and puts the Catalan question at the heart of the political debate less than a month before Spain heads into its fourth general election in as many years.

Ahead of the ruling, Barcelona had woken up to a heavy police presence, with forces noticeably visible around the regional high court, the main Sants train station and El Prat, Spain's second busiest airport.

Posted by Fred 2019-10-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 EUSSR indeed.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-15 00:52|| 2019-10-15 00:52|| Front Page Top

#2 This has nothing to do with the EU, only with Spanish laws. The separatists were warned time and again by the Spanish Supreme Court not to do what they did. Now they have to pay the price.

Posted by European Conservative 2019-10-15 06:12|| 2019-10-15 06:12|| Front Page Top

#3 One word "Nuremberg".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-15 06:19|| 2019-10-15 06:19|| Front Page Top

#4 ?

Posted by European Conservative 2019-10-15 06:43|| 2019-10-15 06:43|| Front Page Top

#5 So how's the Spanish Supreme Court's standing on importing more 'terrorists'? Strange, those who support the destruction of sovereignty of borders in the name of 'humanity' have no problems keeping the issue of sovereignty when it deals with locals.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-10-15 08:00|| 2019-10-15 08:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Well our german behaves germanically...

No wonder he cannot seem to fathom the urgent need for Brexit.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-10-15 09:54|| 2019-10-15 09:54|| Front Page Top

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