Catalonia leaders jailed for sedition

Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in the region’s failed bid for independence in 2017


Name 			Formal office in Catalonia 			Jail sentence
1 Oriol Junqueras	Vice President					13 years
2 Raül Romeva		External Relations Minister			12 years
3 Jordi Turull		Government spokesman				12 years
4 Dolors Bassa		Labour Minister					12 years
5 Carme Forcadell	Speaker of Parliament				11 years, 6 months
6 Josep Rull		Territorial Minister				10 years, 6 months
7 Joaquim Forn		Minister of Interior 				10 years, 6 months
8 Jordi Sànchez		Ex-president of Catalan National Assembly 	9 years
9 Jordi Cuixart		President of Òmnium Cultural 			9 years

10 Santi Vila 		Business Minister
11 Meritxell Borràs 	Governance Minister 
12 Carles Mundó 	Justice Minister
Found guilty of disobedience and fined but will not serve prison sentences


Carles Puigdemont: Former Catalan president fled Spain soon after referendum and remains in Belgium. Four others also escaped trial


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