epa09505764 Exiled Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont leaves the appeals court at the end of the hearing, in Sassari, Sardinia isdland, Italy, 04 october 2021. The Sassari appeals court suspended Spain's extradition request for exiled Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont pending a European Court of Justice ruling, after both the prosecution and defence asked for it to be rejected. Exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was arrested on 23 September in Sardinia, four years after fleeing Spain in the aftermath of an independence referendum that the central government ruled illegal. EPA/CLAUDIA SANCIUS BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE
