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UNBELIEVABLE: Spain passes bill granting amnesty to catalan separatists | History Defined

Catalan politicians celebrate after the approval of a bill granting amnesty to Catalan secessionist at the Spanish parliament's lower house in Madrid [Bernat Armangue/AP Photo]

Spain’s parliament has greenlighted a bill granting amnesty to hundreds of Catalan secessionists involved in a botched breakaway bid seven years ago.

The controversial bill, passed 177-172 on Thursday, will see courts annul the legal records of hundreds of officials and activists involved in crimes related to Catalonia‘s secessionists push from 2011, paving the way for a return of the movement’s exiled leader, Carles Puigdemont.

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