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| Two Catalan separatists in Spanish custody | Two Catalan separatists in Spanish custody |
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| A Spanish judge has remanded two key members of the Catalan independence movement in jail. | A Spanish judge has remanded two key members of the Catalan independence movement in jail. |
| Jordi Sánchez, who heads the Catalan National Assembly (ANC), and Jordi Cuixart, leader of Omnium Cultural, are being held without bail while they are under investigation for sedition. | Jordi Sánchez, who heads the Catalan National Assembly (ANC), and Jordi Cuixart, leader of Omnium Cultural, are being held without bail while they are under investigation for sedition. |
| The men are seen as leading figures in organising a 1 October independence vote, which Spanish courts suspended. | The men are seen as leading figures in organising a 1 October independence vote, which Spanish courts suspended. |
| The government in Madrid branded the vote illegal. | The government in Madrid branded the vote illegal. |
| The two men are also accused of encouraging protesters to block police officers as they tried to stop the vote going ahead by raiding Catalonia's regional government offices on 20 and 21 September. | |
| Just hours before the ruling, the same high court judge freed the head of Catalonia's police force, Josep Lluis Trapero. | |
| Prosecutors had called for him to be held in detention. | Prosecutors had called for him to be held in detention. |
| Pro-independence supporters have now called for further protests, demanding the men's release, reports the BBC's James Reynolds in Barcelona. |