Fresh protests held across Spain over amnesty deal for Catalan separatists

Tens of thousands of people rally against government offer of clemency to those who made illegal push for independence in 2017

Tens of thousands of people have gathered across Spain to protest against the acting government's plans to secure another term in office by offering an amnesty to those who took part in the illegal and failed push for Catalan independence six years ago.

The proposed amnesty law, which would apply to hundreds of people who participated in the unilateral effort to secede from Spain, has already led to a series of violent protests outside the Madrid headquarters of the governing Spanish Socialist Workers' party (PSOE).