title: Detention of Catalan activists a judicial, not political, matter: Spain justice minister
text: MADRID (Reuters) - The detention of Catalan activists on Monday, the first imprisonment of senior secessionist figures since the region s Oct. 1 banned referendum on independence, was a judicial, not a political, matter, Spain s justice minister said on Tuesday. On Monday, the court ordered that the heads of the pro-independence groups Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and Omnium be held without bail pending an investigation for alleged sedition.  These are not political prisoners because yesterday s prison ruling was due to a crime (that was committed),  Justice Minister Rafael Catala said at an event in Madrid. 