Protesters rally outside prison to demand aquittal of jailed Catalan separatist leaders
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1436526
Protesters rally outside prison to demand aquittal of jailed Catalan separatist leaders
- Title: Protesters rally outside prison to demand aquittal of jailed Catalan separatist leaders
- Date: 13th October 2019
- Summary: PEOPLE SEATED ON GROUND SINGING SIGN ON PRISON WALL READING (Catalan): "VISITORS, RESTRICTED ACCESS TO PRISONERS' VISITORS, AUTHORISED PERSONNEL
- Embargoed: 27th October 2019 20:40
- Keywords: Catalan jailed Catalan separatist leaders Catalonia Lledoners jail protest demonstration
- Location: SANT JOAN DE VILATORRADA, SPAIN
- City: SANT JOAN DE VILATORRADA, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA002B0XL3YF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Around a hundred people gathered outside a jail in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, north of Barcelona on Sunday (October 13) in support of jailed Catalan separatist leaders.
Spain's Supreme Court plans to convict and sentence the Catalan separatist leaders to a maximum of 15 years in prison over a 2017 bid for independence, a judicial source said on Saturday (October 12).
The charges stem from the leaders' role in an October 2017 referendum, which was held despite being ruled illegal by Spanish courts, and a short-lived declaration of independence that followed in Spain's most economically important region.
Protesters rallied outside Lledoners jail shouting for the acquittal and freedom of their political leaders.
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