Catalan independence referendum: what you need to know
Thousands stay overnight at polling stations to guarantee that they are not sealed off by police
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Spanish government pressures Catalan police to remove people from polling stations
Citizens occupy schools to prevent them from being sealed off ahead of Sunday’s referendum on independence
29-Sept-17 TV News: 'Independence referendum ballot box unveiled'
Universally renowned Catalans sign manifesto to 'defend democracy at the ballot box'
Researcher Joan Massagué and musician Jordi Savall among dozens of personalities from science, architecture and the arts in support of independence referendum
Catalan students strike in support of referendum
More than 16,000 students flood Barcelona to back October 1 independence vote
Spanish police block website of pro-independence civil society organization
The Catalan National Assembly launched a new site a few hours after the original was shut down
Hundreds of simultaneous rallies in Catalonia “for democracy”
Major pro-independence organizations and students distribute one million official referendum ballots in Barcelona
UK MPs call on Spain to allow October 1 vote
Westminster group “extremely disturbed” by arrests and raids and calls on Rajoy executive to permit independence vote “without further hindrance”
Pro-independence leaders urge “calm” amid referendum arrests
The spokesman of the Catalan Government says commitment with October 1 vote is "intact"
Pro-independence website shut down after a series of cyberattacks
More than a thousand university professors and researchers had signed a manifesto in support of a ‘yes’ vote in the October 1 referendum
Spain’s Attorney General says he would consider arresting Catalan president
Pro-independence politicians are seeking a “disproportionate response from the state, which would benefit them,” José Manuel Maza warns
More than 700 Catalan mayors protest Spain's backlash
In a show of unity, mayors who got summoned to court for supporting the independence referendum meet in Barcelona
Ryanair presence increases in Catalonia and would stay in case of independence
Catalan airports will welcome 9 new routes and 525,000 more passengers in summer of 2018
Catalan MEPs urge the EU to investigate Spain’s “attack on fundamental rights”
In a question for a written answer, MEPs ask the European Commission for an official position on Spain’s actions to stop the independence vote
1 million people attend pro-independence rally
Impressive turnout for key demonstration before October 1 referendum