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Several hundred people demonstrated Wednesday nearly two prisons in Catalonia to demand the release of Catalan separatist political leaders who had been transferred to these places.
The separatist cultural organizations Òmnium Cultural and the National Assembly of Catalonia (ANC) called for concentrations to welcome separatist political leaders held outside Madrid for their role in the Catalan independence process.
Former Catalan government vice president Oriol Junqueras, former councilors (regional minister) Raül Romeva, regional deputy Jordi Sanchez and the leader of an independent association Jordi Cuixart arrived early in the year. Afternoon at Ladoners Penitentiary. On the other hand, former regional parliament speaker Carme Forcadell and former councilor Dolors Bassa were transferred to Puig de les Basses prison.
The current regional government president, Quim Torra, and regional parliament speaker, Roger Torrent, joined the protesters after visiting the prisoners at the end of the day. Among those gathered were representatives of civic and family organizations of detainees who denounced the existence of what they considered political prisoners and demanded their immediate release
The Spanish government decided on Monday to transfer to prisons in Catalonia nine detained in prisons on the outskirts of Madrid, pending trial. There are three leaders who will only be transferred next week because the necessary procedures for change have not been completed in time to allow them to accompany this group.
The transfer of prisoners is considered a gesture of good will in Madrid before the meeting between the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, and the new president of the Catalan government, Quim Torra, scheduled for 9 July.
The decision was heavily criticized by the right-wing opposition accusing the new government of Pedro Sánchez of yielding to the Catalan separatists, who supported the Socialists in late May to overthrow the right-wing led executive by Mariano Rajoy by a motion of censure.
All of these detainees are waiting to be tried for crimes of rebellion, sedition and embezzlement in the "process" of independence ceased on October 27, 2017, when the central Spanish government decided to go ahead. to intervene in the Autonomous Community
. The 21 December regional elections were again won by the separatist parties.
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