The Latest: Puigdemont lawyer seeks UN committee’s help

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on Catalan independence activists (all times local):
1:35 p.m.
A lawyer representing former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and five other Catalan politicians who have been charged in Spain for violent rebellion has appealed to the U.N.’s Human Rights Committee to help defend their democratic rights.
Nico Krisch denounced a “grave interference in the democratic order” linked to the charges against Puigdemont, who lives in exile in Be