The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. September 24, 2021 Exiled Catalan Separatist Leader Arrested in Italy -------------------------------------------------- Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has been detained in Italy on an arrest warrant from Spain, where he is wanted on sedition charges for his role in organizing an independence referendum for Catalonia in 2017. Puigdemont has been living in exile for four years. .