Catalan leaders wanted in Spain

Spain’s Supreme Court has reactivated international arrest warrants for seven Catalan politicians currently living in self-imposed exile


UK: Former Catalan minister Clara Ponsatí, currently teaching at University of St Andrews, Scotland

BELGIUM: Former cabinet members Toni Comín, Meritxell Serret and Lluís Puig. With Puigdemont and
Ponsati, they fled to Brussels in October after Catalonia declared independence

GERMANY: Carles Puigdemont detained by police on Mar 25 while travelling by car from Finland to
Belgium

SWITZERLAND: Marta Rovira (left), secretary general of Republican Left party, and Anna Gabriel, of far-left Popular Unity Candidacy

SPAIN: Supreme Court has ruled that 25 Catalan leaders should be tried for rebellion, embezzlement or disobeying the state
Those held without bail pending trial include Jordi Turull – third candidate for vacant Catalan presidency – Carme Forcadell – former speaker of Catalan parliament, and Oriol Junqueras, former vice-president

Madrid: 9 held in jail

CATALONIA: 9 bailed while under investigation


Puigdemont and other separatists deny wrongdoing, saying independence declaration was fulfilling
democratic mandate


Sources: FT, The Guardian, La Vanguardia 
Pictures: Getty Images, Newscom 
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