The court’s ruling is significant, as it means both defendants can now appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, having exhausted all legal avenues in Spain. Cuixart and Sànchez made their appeals on the grounds that their pre-trial imprisonment since 2017 is an infringement of their fundamental rights.

Cuixart and Sànchez are charged with rebellion for leading protests against raids on Catalan government buildings by Spanish police on September 20, 2017. Both leaders testified in the Supreme Court last week, with Cuixart defending “the right to protest” and Sànchez insisting that the independence court case is a “political trial.”

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