UN report on jailed Catalan politicians is "a turning point": lawyer The lawyer of jailed Catalan politicians says the UN's conclusion that the detention of three separatists is "arbitrary" is a "turning point in the situation of political prisoners and Catalonia in general". The assessment by independent experts, commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council but not speaking in the name of the United Nations, called for the release of the trio and compensation. IMAGES of the press conference given by the jailed Catalan politicians's lawyers AND SOUNDBITES of laywer Ben Emmerson