Spaniards protest against plan to pardon 12 Catalan separatists

MADRID, June 13 Thousands of Spaniards protested in Madrid on Sunday against the government plans to pardon 12 Catalan politicians, who were convicted over the region’s failed independence bid in 2017, a move the demonstrators see as a threat to...

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Updated At : 01:09 PM Jun 14, 2021 IST

MADRID, June 13

Thousands of Spaniards protested in Madrid on Sunday against the government plans to pardon 12 Catalan politicians, who were convicted over the region’s failed independence bid in 2017, a move the demonstrators see as a threat to national unity.

Around 63 per cent of Spaniards opposed the pardons, while 25 per cent backed it and about 6 per cent were indifferent, according to a poll published on Sunday. — Reuters