Catalans protest Spain's legal challenges to secession

Pro independence supporters wave "estelada" or pro independence flags, during a protest against a series of legal challenges made by Spain's government against pro-independence Catalan politicians in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. Several of Catalonia's lawmakers are facing court cases sought by the Spanish government for having staged a secession referendum in 2014 in disobedience of a court order and for other regional laws designed to prepare a path toward secession. Banners reads in Catalan: "We are with you" "we are the dream". (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) (The Associated Press)

A man with his face painted with the "estelada" or pro independence flag smiles during a protest against a series of legal challenges made by Spain's government against pro-independence Catalan politicians, in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Nov.13, 2016. Several of Catalonia's lawmakers are facing court cases sought by the Spanish government for having staged a secession referendum in 2014 in disobedience of a court order and for other regional laws designed to prepare a path toward secession. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) (The Associated Press)

Pro independence supporters wave "estelada" or pro independence flags, during protest against a series of legal challenges made by Spain's government against pro-independence Catalan politicians in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Nov.13, 2016. Several of Catalonia's lawmakers are facing court cases sought by the Spanish government for having staged a secession referendum in 2014 in disobedience of a court order and for other regional laws designed to prepare a path toward secession. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) (The Associated Press)