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The Catalan political prisoners in Madrid have received the formal summons to appear before the Supreme Court on 12th February. This comes almost two weeks after the court set the start date.

In fact, lawyers for some of the prisoners have already applied for it to be delayed further to give them a chance to have all the evidence and documents submitted by their colleagues which they haven't yet received. They claim that otherwise their clients' right to a fair trial and right to defence are endangered. The court has yet to rule on the requests.

Defence counsel for Oriol JunquerasRaül RomevaJordi TurullJosep Rull and Jordi Sànchez have asked for an extra three weeks; those for Jordi Cuixart for an even longer, undefined period.