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Catalan assembly speaker urges release of jailed presidential candidate
9 years agoActivists put up a placard asking for the release of jailed separatist leaders Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart and reading "Freedom to political prisoners" in front of the venue where Catalonia's ousted leader Carles Puigdemont is supposed to give a press conference in Berlin on April 7, 2018. A German court on April 5, 2018 refused a request from Spain to extradite Puigdemont on a rebellion charge following his arrest in Germany last month, and ordered his release on bail pending a hearing on a lesser charge. / AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL
The speaker of the Catalan parliament urged Thursday a Spanish judge to free regional presidential candidate Jordi Sanchez from jail so he could be sworn in as regional head.
