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    The Catalan Trials: Explaining Spain’s prisoners’ dilemma

    Oct 07, 2019 2 minutes

    Spain’s Supreme Court is set to rule on the country’s “trial of the century” within weeks, deciding the fate of 12 activists and politicians from Catalonia. The defendants are on trial over their involvement in the region’s Oct. 1, 2017, independence vote, which Madrid considered an act of rebellion.

    The separatist saga has polarized Spain’s politics, and the trials have been a lightning-rod issue for separatist sympathizers and a resurgent

    What are the charges? Why do Catalans want to secede? What will a ruling mean for Catalonia and Spain?

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