750,000 march on Barcelona for jailed Catalan leaders
BARCELONA— Up to 750,000 people backing Catalan independence packed the streets of Barcelona on Saturday to demand the release of jailed independence leaders. Rally organizers called for 10 prominent members of the independence movement in the northeastern Spanish region to be freed from prison. Eight former members of Catalonia’s dissolved Cabinet and two activists were in jail while Spanish authorities investigated their alleged roles in promoting an illegal declaration of independence last month in violation of Spain’s Constitution. A separate court in Madrid granted bail on Thursday to another six Catalan lawmakers whowere subjects of another investigation.—