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Spain's Supreme Court considered an appeal by Catalan separatist president Quim Torra against a conviction for disobedience that saw him disqualified from holding public office for 18 months. IMAGES of Torra leaving court
Catalan regional president Quim Torra arrives at the Spanish Supreme Court in Madrid for the trial of 12 Catalan separatist leaders involved in a failed secession bid that plunged Spain into crisis. IMAGES of Quim Torra arriving at the Spanish Supreme Court
Thousands gather in Madrid at a demonstration called by the Spanish right-wing opposition to protest against the amnesty deal made between Catalan separatists and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who has waived legal action in return for support. IMAGES
Five recently released Catalan separatists meet with former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont in Waterloo, Belgium. Catalonia's bid to break away from Spain in 2017 provoked one of the worst political crises there since the end of Francisco Franco's military dictatorship in 1975. Leaders of the wealthy Spanish region, which has a population of 7.8 million people, defied a government ban to organise an independence referendum. IMAGES
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets Catalan President Joaquim Torra to discuss ways of resolving the separatist conflict. The talks come just days after Torra said the wealthy northeastern Spanish region would hold a snap election this year following a major dispute between its two ruling parties, Together for Catalonia (JxC) and the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), both staunchly pro-independence. IMAGES
Catalonia's separatist leader Quim Torra arrives at the Spanish Supreme Court in Madrid for the final hearings in the trial of 12 Catalan leaders charged over an independence bid. IMAGES