Spaniards protest against plan to pardon 12 Catalan separatists

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

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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

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