Dismissed Catalan officials speak out against Spanish justice system after being released in Brussels

Carles Puigdemont and three members of his dismissed government have taken to Twitter, having been released without bail in Brussels, in order to condemn Spain’s legal proceedings.

“Released and without bail,” said the deposed Catalan president via his private Twitter account. “Our thoughts are with our colleagues unjustly imprisoned by a state whose behaviour is far from democratic.”

Comparisons were made between both Spain’s and Belgium’s justice systems, with the latter being the more favourable.

“In Belgium they release us without bail, while in Spain we would be in prison,” said Meritxell Serret, the former agriculture minister, who sought refuge in Brussels alongside Puigdemont and other members of the dissolved government.