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Monday, November 6, 2017
Catalan ex-leader, ministers due in Belgian court Nov 17
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleCatalonia’s sacked separatist leader Carles Puigdemont and four former ministers are due to appear November 17 in a Belgian court which is hearing Spain’s case for their extradition, according to a judicial source.
The source tells AFP the five would appear at 2 p.m. (1300 GMT) on November 17 in a Brussels court, their first hearing since the Belgian authorities freed them on bail Sunday night.
A Brussels judge released Puigdemont and four close separatist allies on the condition they stay in Belgium and attend court sessions.
The five fled to Belgium after Spanish authorities fired them on October 28 for seeking secession for Catalonia. Nine other deposed cabinet members in the same rebellion case were sent to jail in Madrid, eight of them without bail, while the judge’s investigation continues.
— Agencies
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