Spanish Supreme Court keeps Jordi Sanchez pre-trial prison because he “maintains his pro-independence ideology"

Spanish Supreme Court keeps pro-independence leader in prison because Sànchez “maintains his pro-independence ideology. This is 2018 in Europe. The grassroots pro-independence leader Jordi Sànchez, from the Catalan National Assembly, was denied his freedom on Tuesday. The Spanish Supreme Court kept him in jail on the grounds that there are “new elements” of his involvement in the events investigated. The judge also argues that there is the risk of repeat offense because Sànchez “maintains his pro-independence ideology” and has not stepped down from public office. While also the also-jailed deposed minister Joaquim Forn gave up his post as MP, Sànchez has not done the same. Yet, last week the same legal entity ruled to keep Forn in prison, despite his resignation.