Jordi Sànchez, social leader of 1-O: “In prison, the mildest thing they said to me was a coupist”
The former president of the Catalan National Assembly states that the three years and eight months he spent behind bars have made him more resilient and he thanks “the massive support of the Catalans”
When Jordi Sànchez entered Soto del Real prison (Madrid) on 16 October 2017, he thought no one would recognise him. He was wrong. After spending the first night in the admissions block, he was transferred to module 1. “I was greeted with insults, with sudden aggression.” After a while, the atmosphere calmed down, especially when Sànchez, who as president of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) was then appearing “on repeat” on all television channels in the midst of the autumn of the procés, greeted each of the inmates individually.
The judge had ordered his entry into pre-trial detention along with Jordi Cuixart, president of Òmnium Cultural, as leaders of the protests of 20 September in front of the Department of Economy, in the turbulent days leading up to the 1 October independence referendum.
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