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On Thursday, the Spanish state prosecutor asked for a Europe-wide arrest warrant to be issues for ousted Catalan president Carles Puigdemont after he failed to make an appearance in court. Spain's high court ordered Puigdemont and other ministers to appear on Thursday, however Puigdemont fled to Brussels on Monday as Spain's state prosecutor announced he was seeking charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds against the deposed president as wekk as thirteen of his ministers. The charges come following Catalonia's October first independence referendum, which had been ruled illegal by Spain's Constitutional Court.
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Thousands of people, many carrying Catalan separatist flags, are demonstrating in Barcelona on Sunday after German police arrested Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont, according to an AFP reporter on the scene. IMAGES
Officials said, Catalan ex-President Carles Puigdemont and four other Catalan officials sought by Spanish authorities turned themselves in to Belgian police on Sunday. They will go before a judge who will have until Monday morning to decide the next step. Gilles Dejemeppe, a spokesman for the Brussels prosecutor's office said that step could include executing arrest warrants against the men or imposing bail requirements. A day after eight members of the dissolved Catalan government were jailed in Spain, a Spanish judge issued an international arrest warrant for Puigdemont on Friday.
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