Convicted Catalan separatists must comply with sentences - acting PM

Twelve leaders of a separatist movement in the Spanish region of Catalonia must comply with sentences handed to them for their roles in a failed bid for independence in 2017, acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday.

Earlier on Monday, the country's Supreme Court sentenced a group of nine politicians and activists to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition and imposed fines on three others for the lesser charge of disobedience.

Sanchez, who also called for dialogue in the region, spoke shortly after regional leader Quim Torra called for an amnesty for all separatist leaders who have been sanctioned by the Spanish state.

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