supreme court delivered sentences of between 9 and 13 years in prison for catalonia vice president oriel in kara's received the longest of 13 years for the crime of sedition activists of threatened to mass protests in response to the verdict in tears here a conservative law professor and political outsider is poised to become the country's next president exit polls just add one more than 70 percent of the vote beating the media mogul. ecuador's government is a piece agreed to repeal a law that raised fuel prices that follows daily 2 weeks of protests that left at least 7 people dead and thousands of protesters in haiti's capital are calling for the resignation of president bush over elmore's the country has seen nearly a month of violent protests haitians are angry about corruption rising inflation and food and fuel shortages at least 17 people have been killed and nearly $200.00 injured in the violence. there is the headlines we racked with more news for you here on al-jazeera after this week's edition of techno next. my favs simmons was. taken by the chinese government all i want to st

fines for disobedience the longest sentence was handed to the former vice president of counsel lonia oriel who care as all of the defendants rejected the charges against them the council and government has also strongly condemns the court's decision. the government and myself as president reject these sentences as unfair and undemocratic it's part of a political trial and general move against the rights of catalonia self-determination today more than ever we are together with their families because we feel a fraternal solidarity for the condemned by the supreme court. testimony as crisis began when the regions or thirty's held an illegal referendum on independence from spain in 2070 here's a quick recap of what happened after that. let's go live now scottish 1st minister alex salmond great to have you with us mr sound and tell me how likely is it that a court decision will weigh in a flame tensions in castle that we can expect more protests like we still back into it is that. there is no doubt about them in monday told of the 14th will be a day of democratic infamy as far as spain is conce

and 13 years for organizing an illegal secession referendum in 2017 former catalan vice president oriel young paris was handed the longest sentence for sedition and misusing public funds the leaders were acquitted of the more serious rebellion charges spain's prime minister says the verdicts confirm the end of a failed process for cattle and independents nobody's above the law nobody's have although you know the microsleep like a spinning nobody is subject to trial for his or her ideas or politics but rather for criminal conduct as provided by the will. of the verdicts triggered violent protests in barcelona people blocked roads the main road to the city's airport and rallied elsewhere denouncing the sentences as unjust al-jazeera saya gago reports now from boston lona. hours after the sentencing of catalan lawmakers and political activists was sentenced to years in prison for so addition over their role in the october 27th teen illegal referendum there were mass protests across the city of barcelona the most tense points were in the city center but also the port the protesters had succ

in madrid it is clear that the catalan leadership is guilty of sedition the former vice president oriel zhang kara's 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 collars pushed demand declared independence from spain violent 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 some says he 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 no under sponsorship solution. but many catalans don't seem ready to give up the fight since the ruling was handed down demonstrators have become blocking railway tracks and airports independence activists whom they are preparing for what they're calling democ

the fines for disobedience the longest sentence was handed to the former vice president of catalonia oriel junk errors all of the defendants rejected the charges against them the castle and government has also strongly condemned the court's decision. the government and myself as president reject these sentences as unfair and undemocratic it's part of a political trial and general move against the rights of catalonia self-determination today more than ever we are together with their families because we feel a fraternal solidarity for the condemned by the supreme court. testimony as crisis began when the regions of thora he's held an illegal referendum on independence from spain in 2017 here's a quick recap of what happened after that. n r k a spokesperson for the european partnership for independence things that the court's decision is intended to send a clear warning to catalonia. the spanish a state has been sending messages for the last 300 years to catalans every time we have actually wanted to perform as a nation 9 out of 11 catalan presidents have been executed at which i mean assassi

supreme court delivered sentences of between 9 and 13 years in jail form a couple in vice president oriel ian caterson received the longest of 13 years for the crime of sedition colonia held an illegal referendum in 2017 in a bid to break away from spain activists and threatened mass protests in response to the verdict let's go live now to where the catalan regional capital possible 0 sum you're going to go is there so sedition not rebellion what's the significance of this verdict so. that's right adrian it not a serious charge of rebellion which would have carried out a stiff a penalty of up to 25 years in prison but it's still a hefty charges that they are facing in particular as you mentioned the former vice president of the. get us. to including that sentencing with the former prime minister former foreign minister. government the former speaker of the government as well as the former government spokesperson they have lesser charges they have less the time imprisonment as well but also you have to civil society activists as well who both received a 9 years imprisonment because of. the

old and some people say who did you operate yourself missing that was you couldn't because all your oriel detached all your mechanisms of self preservation and the taps meant it was simply too anxious i once operated on a close personal friend that one of my daughters i'm godmother with a malignant brain tumor so unusual going to die and the operation was simply old school to biopsy confirm the diagnosis and a very very simple operations a bit reluctant agreed to do it because the family were very key and i should because we were close friends and even that i found almost impossible because i was so anxious because i was not detached it's just what's the hardest decision you had to me because i understand brain surgeries all are back to events world problems i had to make many difficult decisions i think some of the ones. many regrets. over 40 years of practice i think some of the most difficult decisions. when i treated people too much i should have stopped i operated really when there was no realistic hope and all i did was add to the patients and the family is suffering and i can think

thought oriel john kara's was the vice president of the short lived catalan government he will spend 13 years in prison and activist judi sanchez received 9 years in prison 7 others received jail terms while 3 will find in 2017 the independent referendum and unilateral declaration of independence because spain's biggest political crisis in decades monday's court ruling is a victory for the spanish government. i the government of spain respects and abides by the decision of this by the supreme court nobody is above the law nobody's above the law in a democracy like a spain nobody is subject to trial for his or her ideas or politics but rather for criminal conduct as provided by the no one but many catalans are indignant students and demonstrators blocked streets in protest. wrong with your body it's a political trial designed to teach the catalans a lesson that trial a ruling should never have happened a simple implement but if him money i feel it's excessive but i think everything that's going on is excessive if it's not that where we are now but also before that you have a provoked

actually physically robust and finally steve we wanted to touch on a personal professional loreal oriel that you're getting you are one of 7 candidates for the inaugural not the nobel prize awards which apparently are happening this week in london tell us about what this award stands for against the traditional nobel prize in economics that we may be more familiar with. well the nobel prize was actually instituted by the swedish central bank back in not in 69 as something that was not in the original no billboard at all in fact the noble family has been quite annoyed about the economics prize for its and taj erosion and coming up the 50th anniversary of what i have some friends of mine called the bill board 'd a nick in a way it was an economics and the last straw for us was no it was a being awarded to nordhaus whose work on climate change is frankly pathetically bad and is probably a more of a major danger to capitalism than a number of lifting revolutionaries so we thought we'd actually develop a satirical thing called not the no bill open up to the public and let them nominate non-o

supreme court delivered sentences of between 9 and 13 years in prison former catalonian vice president oriel one card issuer see the longest at 13 years for the crime off edition. to cut down on government and i personally reject these very vague it's because we consider them unjust and antidemocratic and because they are part of a political trial and were dragged campaign of legal action against catalonia its right to self-determination and against the independence movement now today more than ever we stand by their families because today more than ever we feel a sense of fraternal solidarity with those convicted by the supreme court where police in barcelona are bracing themselves for the reaction from supporters of the council on independence take a look at the scene at the airport demonstrators as you can see racing off with the police there threatening to block access to the area there's been no sign of us any violence so far let's bring in al jazeera so you're going to go see joining us in the catalan regional capital barcelona's as we keep an eye out on the situation at the airports j

independence the supreme court delivered sentences of up to 13 years in prison for catalonian vice president oriel young careless received the longest sentence for the crime of sedition catalonia held an illegal referendum in 2017 in a bid to break away from spain ecuador's government has agreed to repeal a law that raised fuel prices it follows nearly 2 weeks of protests in which at least 7 people died. at least 40 people are confirmed dead after a powerful typhoon struck central japan on saturday the government has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers to help rescue those who have been stranded in tunisia for the law professor and political outsider is poised to become the next president exit polls just the syud won more than 70 percent of the vote beating the media mogul an appeal. poland's governing nationalist party has won a 2nd term in power early results from the electoral commission show the law and justice party won more than 45 percent of the vote voter turnout was the highest in 30 years and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness next. on counting

a add pay for san francisco may oriel kennedy, ellen lee zhou, shows a woman smoking and counting a wad of cash while a man carries away a little girl with a message, stop slavery and human trafficking in sf. >> we have so many people who are homeless. we have so many drug dealers, family, our quality of life. yes, they make $50,000 a year. >> reporter: she says the woman in red is incumbent mayor, mayor breed. she accuses the mayor of doing nothing. mayor breed says the billboard speaks for itself. >> there is definitely ways that the policy and decisions i make could be criticized without making things sadly, personal. >> reporter: across the city, elected officials and community leaders condemned the picture calling it racist and sexist. >> we have a particular responsibility to call out the shameful and dangerous threat to our democratic process. we need to focus on the issues. >> this is blatant racism and a blatant call to use those kinds of images when you have no argument and you have no issue. >> this type of political discourse has no place in san francisco, no place in americ

supreme court delivered sentences of between 9 and 13 years in prison former catalonian vice president oriel one catalyst received 13 years for the crime of sedition. the common government and i personally reject these very big it's because we consider them unjust and i'm too democratic because they are part of a political trial i'm being of legal action against couple on your right to self-determination i'm against the independence movement now do they more of america or we stand by their families because. more than ever we feel a sense of preparing our solidarity with those convicted by the supreme court let's get an update from sony joining us from the council on regional capital of barcelona so here what kind of reaction has there been to the sentencing. one of the expected there's an outpouring really of anger at this amongst the catalan nationalist groups that's welcome as well they have in the days leading up sentencing they've said they will call for a campaign of civil disobedience in a peaceful manner as they've always said they insisted upon but that includes things like for examp

and 13 years for organizing an illegal secession referendum in 2017 former catalan vice president oriel young paris was handed the longest sentence for sedition of misusing public funds the leaders were acquitted of the more serious rebellion charges spain's prime minister says the verdicts confirm the end of a failed process for cattle and independence. nobody's above the law nobody's have although in a democracy like a spain nobody is subject to trial for his or her ideas or politics but rather for criminal conduct as provided by the no thanks. the verdicts triggered violent protests in barcelona people blocked roads the main road to the city's airport and rallied elsewhere denouncing the sentences as unjust al-jazeera saya gago reports now from boston. hours after the sentencing of catalan lawmakers and political activists were sentenced to years in prison for a dish over their role in the october 27th teen illegal referendum there were mass protests across the city of barcelona the most tense points were in the city center but also the port the protesters had successfully managed to

their role in the an all the rise referendum for independence in 27 team the former deputy leader oriel don't care us has been handed a 13 year prison term. more news on that in our next person here and i was there a little over 28 minutes time now syria's government a struck a deal with kurdish forces that will see the syrian army deploy along the border with turkey the kurdish led s.d.f. says the deployment will help them repel turkey's forces which have been involved advancing since wednesday chance strafford reports now from the turkey syria border you can imagine the significance of this deal when you're effectively looking at 2 national army is now facing off each other potentially in a confrontational situation so it is of great concern it is fascinating in terms of how allegiances have changed but of course it only increases the worries of the international community all of the humanitarian organizations in the u.n. where we've already had according to the u.n. 160000 people flee their homes ecuador's government has agreed to repeal a law that raised fuel prices following talks