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MEP Clara Ponsatí Arrested In Barcelona
Member of the European Parliament, Clara Ponsati, Catalan independence activist exiled in Belgium and Scotland, is arrested in Barcelona, during her first visit to Catalonia. Clara Ponsati has presented a platform for the defense of the rights of Catalan independence activists in a press conference and shortly afterwards she was arrested by the regional Catalan police, obeying a European arrest warrant issued by the Supreme Court. The MEP was released a few hours later with a summons to testify before the judge in Madrid this April. In Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on March 28, 2023. (Photo by Albert Llop/NurPhoto)