Thousands Protest Against Spain s Pardons for Jailed Catalan Leaders
Opposition lawmakers from the conservative People s Party (PP), the far-right Vox party and the centrist Ciudadanos joined the rally in Madrid s central Plaza Colon.
People demonstrate against a plan by the Spanish government to concede pardon to the Catalan politicians who promoted a failed independence declaration of the region in 2017, at Colon Square in Madrid, Spain, June 13, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Javier Barbancho
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Madrid: Tens of thousands of Spaniards protested in Madrid on Sunday against 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.
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(Corrects paragraph six to make clear Calvo told Vanguardia) MADRID (Reuters) -Thousands of Spaniards protested in Madrid on Sunday against government.
Thousands of Spaniards protested in Madrid on Sunday against 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.
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