madrid it is clear that the catalan leadership is guilty of sedition the former vice president orioles youngcare as the sentenced to 13 years in prison and 8 other defendants also received lengthy prison sentences. according to the judges those sentenced organized the independence referendum in october 2017 despite a ban when the former president of catalonia college puts demond declared independence from spain farland clashes with the police broke out this resulted in madrid imposing direct rule over catalonia and one of spain's most serious political crises prime minister petra sun she has hopes that this verdict will now and the matter once and for all. following the supreme court decision we need to turn the page and open a new chapter based on peaceful coexistence in catalonia through dialogue within the boundaries of the law and the sponsor institution. but many catalans don't seem ready to give up the fight since the ruling was handed down demonstrators that began blocking railway tracks and airports in the independence activists warn they are preparing for what they're calling democratic