The first European community center dedicated to the HIV/AIDS prevention pill opens in Barcelona
BCN PrEP·Point follows up with individuals who take the medication “on their own accord” and aims to help research its effects
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Alliance of European Cities Against Violent Extremism meets in Barcelona
The summit, including mayors and representatives from 40 European cities and 18 countries concluded that prevention is key
Wounded man on October 1 files a complaint against Spanish police forces
Roger Español aims to be the last wounded by a rubber bullet and calls for Spain to prohibit them
Membership of Catalan pro-independence organizations soars
Òmnium Cultural gained 14,000 new members in recent weeks, including a thousand on the day its president was sent to jail
Deposed Catalan ministers in Belgium call on citizens to vote “in mass” on December 21
Meritxell Serret, Toni Comín, and Clara Ponsatí spoke at a protest in Brussels to decry the imprisonment of other Catalan pro-independence leaders
Mass protest demands release of ‘political prisoners’
750,000 people march in Barcelona according to local police under the motto ‘Freedom for political prisoners, we are the republic’
Press had to be escorted out of a Spanish unity march in Sabadell for safety
Protesters at November 10 demonstration demanded the incarceration of Carles Puigdemont and resignation of Sabadell’s mayor
Mass protest to flood streets of Barcelona today
The demonstrations, set at 5pm, demand the immediate release of all ‘political prisoners’
Town mobilizes to help woman with rare disease
Only 80 people worldwide have rare Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere Syndrome
‘El Jueves’ editor appears in court over allegations of slander
The allegations to the satirical magazine were brought by the Spanish riot police
Relatives of jailed officials to lead Saturday’s march
Civic organizations hope Barcelona protest will rival mass September 11 national day demonstrations
Infrastructures blocked in strike against imprisonment of Catalan leaders
As main unions in the country did not back the strike, most companies and shops opened as usual
Teachers charged with hate speech remain under investigation
Court in northern Catalan town maintains case against schools accused of promoting hatred during classroom debate on October 1 referendum
Catalonia sees second general strike in a month
Unions, civic organizations and political parties sign up to stoppage demanding release of imprisoned Catalan officials
Various organizations denounce assault by far-right Spanish nationalist group
Deposed vice president Oriol Junqueras publishes op-ed from prison on Madrid condemning the violence
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