Supreme Court rejects 2017 referendum leaders' appeals and keeps disqualification penalties
Junqueras barred from office for 13 years while Turull, Bassa, and Romeva for 12
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Independence leaders walk free following Spain’s pardons after 3.5 years in prison
Nine politicians and activists had been found guilty of sedition for leading Catalonia’s referendum push in 2017
Court revokes privileges for jailed pro-independence leaders Forcadell and Bassa
Both politicians lose regular day leaves and will have to enter prison again as the other seven officials behind bars have
Public prosecutor appeals two Catalan leaders’ prison leave permits in Spain’s Supreme Court
Legal challenge aims to overrule lower court’s decision to provisionally keep prison privileges for pro-independence leaders
Court provisionally rejects suspending prison privileges of two jailed independence leaders
Decision goes against public prosecutor, who wants to see regular permits on weekdays and weekends revoked
Catalan leaders exit prison on regained leave permits as election campaigns begin
Prison privileges could be stripped by Supreme Court again, as it happened last year
Jailed leaders hopeful of ways to shorten sentences – but timings are getting unclear
Pardon or reform of criminal code are considered by Spanish government, but fears of opposition "blackmailing" to avoid it arise
Catalan court greenlights penitentiary low category for female jailed leaders
Dolors Bassa and Carme Forcadell allowed to continue sleeping at home at the weekend and to work or volunteer outside prison
UN group renews call for release of Catalan leaders despite Spain’s criticism
United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention insists seven pro-independence leaders should be freed
Former parliament speakers request pardon for jailed leader Forcadell
De Gispert, Rigol and Benach say 'fairest' path is an amnesty law, but harder to approve than a reprieve
Court rejects suspending some jailed independence leaders' low prison category, but accepts others
Judge revokes privileges of Turull and Rull, while Bassa and Forcadell keep their partial freedom
Court rejects suspending some jailed independence leaders' low prison category, but accepts others
Judge revokes privileges of Turull and Rull, while Bassa and Forcadell keep their partial freedom
Public prosecutor appeals low category status for Turull, Rull, and Bassa
Privileges for five other jailed independence leaders were stripped earlier this week