UN report proves Catalan separatists 'political prisoners', says Puigdemont
by Owen Bowcott and Sam Jones from on (#4G38S)
Trio arrested over alleged role in failed independence bid should be freed, panel says
The fugitive Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has welcomed a UN report on the detention of three fellow separatists, which he said confirmed they were "political prisoners".
The former Catalan vice-president Oriol Junqueras and the Catalan civil society group chiefs, Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sinchez, arrested over their alleged role in the failed regional independence bid, have been in custody since late 2017 and are among 12 regional leaders currently on trial in Madrid.
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