Amnesty International to 'monitor' trial of jailed leaders to assess whether it is 'fair'

Amnesty International is committed to "continue to denounce" the situation the Catalan pro-independence jailed leaders are going through and it will put special focus on the upcoming trial against them.

"In the coming months, the oral hearings of the trial will begin; we will monitor these to assess whether fair trial guarantees are fulfilled," reads a letter the NGO sent this week to Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez, the leaders of the largest pro-independence organizations in October 2017.

Sent by Fotis Filippou, the campaigns director of the organization's Europe Regional Office, and the heads of Spain and Catalonia, the letter claims that their year-long pre-trial detention is "unjustifiable."

Withdrawal of rebellion and sedition charges

"We will continue to denounce [it] until you are released and the charges of rebellion and sedition are withdrawn."