Amnesty International will monitor the trial against Catalan pro-independence leaders

Amnesty International (AI) and its director in Europe, Fotis Filippou, have sent a support and solidarity letter to Catalan civil society leaders Jordi Cuixart (president of Òmnium Cultural) and Jordi Sànchez (former president of the Catalan National Assembly), who have been in preventive prison for more than a year now.

Amnesty announces that they will “monitor” the oral hearings in the trial starting next year, to “assess whether fair trial guarantees are fullfilled”.

Amnesty International has sent a letter to @jcuixart and @jordialapreso in prison expressing their support and solidarity with them. @amnesty will "continue to denounce this unjustifiable situation until the charges of rebellion and sedition are withdrawn," they say. #HumanRights pic.twitter.com/Xt4QxcpN8N

— Òmnium Civil Rights Europe (@OmniumIntl) November 30, 2018

In the letter, Amnesty demands once again the immediate release of Cuixart and Sànchez, as their pre-trial detention is “unjustifiable” and they and their families live an “unfair” situation. They also ask that the rebellion and sedition charges “are withdrawn”.