Catalan Politician Oriol Junqueras Will Not Be Released From Prison To Take Up His Seat As A Member Of The European Parliament (Mep), After The Criminal Bench Of The Spanish.

Oriol junqueras, former vice president of regional catalan government, is on trial for rebellion in madrid. He’s already spent more than two months in detention. Spain’s supreme court on friday ruled that former catalan vice president oriol junqueras should remain in prison.

Junqueras Entered Politics At The Age Of 40 And Quickly Rose To.

Junqueras and five other politicians were transferred early on tuesday morning from two prisons in catalonia to speak in the commission, which is. Spain's supreme court has sentenced catalonia's former deputy leader to 13 years in prison over his role in a banned 2017 independence referendum. Jailed catalan politician oriol junqueras was released from prison on tuesday morning so that he could teach a class at the vic university in manresa, barcelona province.

Oriol Junqueras Was The First Of Around 20 Regional Officials Due To Appear In Court On Thursday After The Spanish Chief Prosecutor Demanded They Face Charges Of Rebellion,.

A former mayor of the municipality of sant vicenç dels horts in catalonia, junqueras served as vice president of catalonia from january 2016 to october 2017, when he was removed from. The european court of justice (ecj) said that oriol junqueras had become an mep the moment he was elected in may, despite being on trial for sedition. Sant joan de vilatorrada, spain — depending on whom you ask, oriol junqueras is either a rebel catalan leader who sought spain’s implosion or an elected.

Former Catalan Vice President Oriol Junqueras (Centre) Sits With Fellow Former Catalan Leaders During Their Trial At The Supreme Court In Madrid On 12 February 2019.

The european court of justice found that oriol junqueras, who was part of the catalan cabinet that went ahead with a banned secession referendum in october 2017, had a.