Catalan separatists on trial take seats in parliament

Jailed Catalan separatists Jordi Sanchez (R), Jordi Turull (C), and Josep Rull (L) attend the first plenary session of the lower house of parliament since last month’s general elections,in Madrid, Spain, on May 21, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

Four Catalan separatist leaders who won election to the Spanish parliament last month were temporarily released from jail to be sworn in as lawmakers.

But the men, who are on trial for their role in an October 2017 Catalonian secession attempt, could see their mandates quickly suspended by the assembly because of their legal situation. 

(Source: AFP)


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