The challenge of matching Catalonia’s past National Day rallies
The independence movement hopes for a massive turnout on Sept 11 despite the pandemic and an improved political climate
pro-independence rally
The challenge of matching Catalonia’s past National Day rallies
The independence movement hopes for a massive turnout on Sept 11 despite the pandemic and an improved political climate
This National Day rally will be nothing like before. This is where we've come from.
Ahead of September 11 protests amid Covid-19 concerns, we take a look at the last eight years of pro-independence demonstrations in Catalonia
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45,000 demonstrators support a "republican government" and hold a minute's silence for incarcerated Catalan leaders
People start to flood streets of Barcelona for independence rally
Hundreds of buses bring people from all over Catalonia to take part in demonstration
Five cities, one heartbeat: This is how Catalonia’s National Day rallies took place
Barcelona; Salt, next to Girona; Berga, in Central Catalonia; Lleida in the West; and Tarragona in the South beat this Sunday afternoon all at once to demand Catalonia’s Independence. At 17:14 (5.14 pm CET) all the demonstrators lifted a yellow card in the shape of a circle symbolising a heartbeat and responded to the motto ‘Go ahead, Catalan Republic’. According to local police up to 900,000 people took part in the five rallies. Among the demonstrators was the Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont, who didn’t follow the path of the former president, Artur Mas, and chose to participate in the rally held in Salt.