The Spanish Supreme Court has initiated criminal proceedings against Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont on terrorism charges, overruling the attorney general on Thursday who had denied such proceedings. Puigdemont, who lives in exile in Belgium after a failed attempt for Catalonia to separate from Spain in the autumn of 2017, is suspected of having been involved in the organization and leadership of the Tsunami Democratic protest group, the court said in a statement justifying its decision on Thursday. The group’s activists, who largely acted anonymously, had organized protests in 201…