Articles tagged with: Protests

01 October 2019 09:12 AM

A protester holds up a printed sign calling for the release from prison of Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart (by Júlia Pérez)

Activists jailed for 2017 independence push call for 'taking to streets' peacefully

Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez ask campaigners “not to get swept up in rage” and accuse Spain of criminalizing movement

Politics

23 September 2019 08:33 PM

Protesters gathered in one of Sabadell's main squares condemn the arrests of nine pro-independence actists (by Miquel Codolar)

Protesters take to the street against activists’ arrests

Around 4,000 people demonstrate in Sabadell to condemn the Spanish judicial acts

Society

23 September 2019 03:59 PM

Nine independence activists were arrested on Monday morning (by Norma Vidal)

Outrage in pro-referendum camp following arrest of nine activists for ‘terrorism’

Far-left CUP and CDR group urge citizens to take to streets, while ERC and JxCAT urge Spain’s government to give explanation

Politics

18 September 2019 11:58 AM

The activists in the streets will be a mix of school and university students (by Sílvia Junyent Dalmau)

Fridays for Future in Catalonia - a week of action against climate change

The organization will host protests, workshops and performances next week culminating in a global strike on September 27

Society

14 March 2019 12:56 PM

Independence supporters held a general strike in Catalonia in February

'Several tens of thousands' to descend on Madrid for Saturday's Catalan trial protest

Organizers are putting on 400 buses from Catalonia and around Spain to march in favor of granting legal recognition for the independence process

Politics Catalan Trial

21 February 2019 08:35 AM

C-58 road cut in the early morning of February 21, 2019 (by Norma Vidal)

Major disruptions on general strike day coinciding with independence trial

Road cuts across country, occupation of Caixabank seat in Girona, and access to port of Tarragona blocked, as there is some tension between protesters and police

Politics

12 February 2019 07:30 PM

MP Carles Riera and other activists sat in front of the prosecution office in Barcelona (by Elisenda Rosanas, ACN)

Start of independence trial sparks protests around Catalonia

Officials, public workers, activists, unions, professionals, students and senior citizens condemn prosecution of political leaders in Spain's Supreme Court

Catalan Trial