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Spanish Parliament Passes Controversial Amnesty Bill

The biggest beneficiary of the amnesty will be Carles Puigdemont, who led the 2017 Catalan separatist bid then fled Spain to avoid prosecution (Credit: AFP)

Spain's parliament gave the final green light to a controversial amnesty bill for Catalan separatists Thursday, paving the way for the return of their figurehead Carles Puigdemont after years of self-imposed exile.

The legislation seeks to draw a line under years of efforts to prosecute those involved in the failed 2017 Catalan independence bid that triggered Spain's worst political crisis in decades.

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