Spain’s contested Catalan amnesty bill comes into effect

Spain’s contested Catalan amnesty bill comes into effect

Carles Puigdemont (2nd R), the exiled Catalan separatist leader and Spanish member of the European Parliament. File | Photo Credit: AFP A controversial amnesty law for Catalan separatists involved in a botched 2017 secession bid came into effect on June 11 in Spain, with judges now charged to apply the measure. The law, which was … Read more