‘Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart must be released immediately’: Amnesty International condemns conviction of Catalan leaders

19/11/2019SeanBellThe human rights organisation disputed the Spanish Supreme Court’s definition of ‘sedition’, the charge facing exiled Catalan minister Clara Ponsati Amnesty International publishes analysis of the Spanish Supreme Court’s October judgement, which saw nine Catalan independence leaders sentenced for their involvement in the outlawed 2017 referendumThe NGO argues that Spain’s interpretation of ‘sedition’ is overly […]