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Chinese activist Ai Weiwei has met exiled Catalan president Carles Puigdemont in Germany. Ai is a popular activist and contemporary artist who has taken strong stands on human rights, in particular in support of democracy in his country of origin.

Carles Puigdemont, who is residing in Berlin while awaiting the result of the hearing on his extradition demanded by the Spanish authorities, shared an image of the encounter on his Twitter account, thanking Ai for his commitment to human rights.