Spanish prosecutor seeks sedition charges for leaders of Catalan protests

‘The Spanish attorney general’s office on Friday pushed for sedition charges against leaders of Barcelona protests that saw Guardia Civil vehicles vandalized and agents surrounded during a night of tensions over the arrests of Catalan officials.
The Spanish National Court was asked to investigated alleged sedition during protests that broke out across the city during a sweeping round of raids targeting pro-independence leaders on Wednesday. The crime carries a charge of up to 15 years in prison.
As protests continued to grip Barcelona, with demonstrators occupying the city’s University rectory on Friday, the Attorney of the National Court accused protesters of knowingly breaking the law in their bid to hold a banned independence referendum on Oct. 1.
At least 40,000 demonstrators descended on the Catalan department of economy as it was raided on Wednesday, blocking agents inside from leaving for up to nine hours until the judge who had ordered the operation made a midnight phone call to the head of the Catalan police.’
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