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An estelada or independence flag, hangs from a tree as a policeman walks past the entrance of Lledoners prison, where former Catalan vice president Oriol Junqueras is currently serving a prison sentence in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, near Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. In a potentially stinging reversal for Spanish justice authorities, the European Union's top court ruled that the former Catalan official serving a prison sentence for his role in a banned independence referendum two years ago had the right to parliamentary immunity when he was on trial. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Spain’s top court says separatist politician stays in prison

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Police officers stand by a doorway as protestors try to block access to El Prat airport in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Spain's Supreme Court on Monday convicted 12 former Catalan politicians and activists for their roles in a secession bid in 2017, a ruling that immediately inflamed independence supporters in the wealthy northeastern region. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

AP Explains: A look at the verdict in Spain separatist trial

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, May 20, 2019, the leader of the Catalonian ERC party Oriol Junqueras leaves after collecting his credentials at the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Spain. Spain’s Supreme Court on Friday June 14, 2019, denied a request by a Catalan separatist leader Junqueras to leave jail so he can become a European Parliament member after being elected last month.(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, FILE)

Spain stops jailed Catalan from joining European Parliament

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 file photo, pro independence demonstrators hold photos of imprisoned and exiled pro-independence political leaders, during a demonstration in Barcelona, Spain. A dozen politicians and activists on trial for their failed bid in 2017 to carve out an independent Catalan republic in northeastern Spain will deliver their final statements Wednesday June 12, 2019, as four months of hearings draw to an end. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

AP Explains: Catalan trial that gripped Spain draws to close

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

The leader of the Catalan ERC party and European Parliament candidate Oriol Junqueras speaks from Soto del Real prison in Madrid, Friday, May 24, 2019, during an interview via video conference with The Associated Press in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

AP Interview: Catalan separatist vows EU parliament fight

By JOSEPH WILSON and ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

A Spanish National Police van, allegedly carrying Catalonian politicians and activists, arrives at the Spanish Supreme Court in Madrid, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. A politically charged trial of a dozen Catalan separatist leaders began Tuesday in Spain's Supreme Court amid protests and the possibility of an early general election being called in the country. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Catalan ex-official testifies he is a ‘political prisoner’

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press