jordi sànchez and jordi cuixart—leaders of anc and òmnium cultural— and the mossos d'esquadra major josep lluís trapero álvarez have been accused of sedition, a felony regulated by the article 544 and subsequents of the spanish criminal code, for allegedly encouraging protesters to hinder the spanish police raids to dismantle the framework of the referendum. on 16 october 2017, sànchez and cuixart were provisionally put into jail without bail pending the investigation. on 14 october 2019, the spanish supreme court condemned sànchez and cuixart to a nine-year sentence after considering them guilty of sedition. amnesty international believes their detention and sentence constitutes a disproportionate restriction on his rights to free speech and peaceful assembly, and urges spain to free them.