Trio arrested over alleged role in failed independence bid should be freed, human rights experts sayThe fugitive Catalan leader, Carles Puigdemont, has welcomed a United Nations report on the detention of three fellow separatists arrested over their alleged role in the failed regional independence bid as confirming they are “political prisoners”.The former Catalan vice-president Oriol Junqueras and the Catalan civil society group chiefs, Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez, have been in custody since late 2017 and are among 12 regional leaders currently on trial in Madrid. Continue reading…
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