Catalonia's former leader Carles Puigdemont was spared custody Nov. 6, when a Brussels court ruled he could stay free in Belgium until it heard Spanish charges against him of rebellion.
Puigdemont, who left Spain in October after Madrid fired his secessionist government and dissolved the Catalan parliament, is free to campaign for independence in an election in the region on Dec. 21. He cannot leave Belgium without a judge's consent.
The December vote is shaping up to be a de facto independence referendum. (Reuters)
ベルギーの裁判所は11月6日、カタルーニャ自治州首相を解任されてスペインを出国し、ベルギーで拘束されたカルレス・プチデモン前首相を保釈した。
The Japan Times ST: November 17, 2017