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Spain: SC rejects request by Catalonia's pro-independence presidential candidate Jordi Sanchez to be let out of jail

<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Spain's Supreme Court has rejected a request by Catalonia's pro-independence presidential candidate Jordi Sanchez to be let out of jail and sworn in as regional head.&nbsp;</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br />''</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The Catalan parliament had been scheduled to hold a debate and vote on Sanchez's candidacy tomorrow, but after the court's ruling Catalan parliament speaker Roger Torrent announced suspension of the session indefinitely.&nbsp;</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br />''</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Sanchez was remanded in custody in October pending charges over his role in last year's failed Catalan independence bid.&nbsp;</span></div>''<div><br />''</div>

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