Spain: Charges for sedition and pre-trial detention against Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sanchez are excessive
On 16 October, a judge of the Audiencia Nacional ordered the pre-trial detention of Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart, the presidents, respectively, of the pro-Catalan independence organisations the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and Omnium Cultural. They have been charged with sedition under article 544 of the Spanish Criminal Code in connection with protests they organized in Barcelona on 20 and 21 September. Amnesty International calls on Spanish authorities to drop the charges of sedition and to put an immediate end to their pre-trial detention.
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