Thousands of angry protesters take to Barcelona streets after Spain sentences nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in jail for sedition over failed 2017 independence bid
People carry and wear Esteladas during a protest after a verdict in a trial over a banned independence referendum, in Girona, Spain, October 14, 2019.
The long-awaited ruling capped weeks of rising tension and puts the Catalan question at the heart of the political debate less than a month before Spain heads into its fourth general election in as many years. The harshest sentence of 13 years was handed to former Catalan vice president Oriol Junqueras who served as the main defendant in the absence of Carles Puigdemont, the region's leader who fled Spain to avoid prosecution.In a tweet from Brussels, Puigdemont earlier denounced the sentences as an "outrage."
Barcelona Football Club also tweeted its own response to the ruling, saying, "Prison is not the solution.The separatist movement is hoping the guilty verdicts will unite their divided ranks and bring supporters onto the streets. For many, the situation has brought back memories of tensions in the street in the run-up to the October 1, 2017 referendum which was marred by police violence, and ahead of the short-lived independence declaration that followed on October 27.
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