Spanish Parliament Approves Controversial Amnesty for Catalan Separatists

Members of the Socialist parliamentary group applaud at the end of a plenary session of Spain's legislature during which an amnesty bill that exonerates figures linked to Catalonia's 2017 failed secession bid was approved, in Madrid, March 14, 2024.

Spain's Parliament approved on Thursday a controversial amnesty bill aimed at forgiving crimes — both proven and alleged — committed by Catalan separatists during a chaotic attempt to hold an independence referendum in the region six years ago.