A Spanish court has issued an arrest warrant for Catalonian separatist leader Anna Gabriel, who is currently in Switzerland. An extradition order was not issued. The Spain-wide arrest warrant was issued on Wednesday by the Supreme Court in Madrid, after Gabriel failed to show up for a hearing accusing her (and others) of rebellion and sedition. On Tuesday she denounced “political persecution” in interviews with the Le Temps newspaper and Swiss public radio RTS. However, the court in Madrid stopped short of demanding Gabriel's extradition from Switzerland, despite the recommendation of the public prosecutor to do so. Also on Wednesday, the AFP news agency quoted a Swiss justice ministry spokesman as saying that extradition would most likely not be granted by Switzerland in any case. "According to the legal basis relative to cooperation between Switzerland and Spain [...] Switzerland, like most other states, does not accept extradition requests and all other forms of legal ...
