The Catalan Solidarity: Ireland Committee has welcomed the release of Catalan political prisoners Diego Sanchez Burri & Zigor Larredonda Muñoz, who were finally freed after 9 years of incarceration back on Saturday 16 January.Some 40 people had gathered at the prison in Castellón, where they where imprisoned although most of Diego's sentence was passed in Albacete.
That evening, a welcome home party and a toast to Zigor and Diego was held in the Plaza de la Vila de Gracia, where over hundred people waited to greet and celebrate him on his release.
Many Catalan Left Independentist organisations joined in the chorus of celebration at his release and also called upon the Spanish state to release all other political prisoners currently being held.