45,000 people attend demonstration in Brussels, according to Belgian police figures
Original route changed due to large influx of protesters
Original route changed due to large influx of protesters
The Belgian police expects more than 20,000 people in the Catalan rally
Participants sing Franco dictatorship anthems and give nazi salutes
The demonstrations rejected the possibility of snap elections, denounced implementation of Article 155, and demanded the release of the imprisoned civil society leaders
Candlelit demonstration in Catalonia's capital and several other marches in the country's main cities
Platform for Democracy, a group including 90 organizations and trade unions, organize protest against the arrest of pro-independence leaders
Protesters refuse dialogue with the Catalan executive on independence, some demanding prison sentences for "rebellion and sedition" against indy leaders
People went on strike and took to the streets against the October 1 repression
The student-organized rally also stood in condemnation of violent police actions on Sunday
Allegations accuse “unidentified individuals” of purposefully aiming to prevent Spanish police from raiding Catalan government buildings on Wednesday
Some 450,000 people and 1,800 coaches already enrolled in demonstration
'No Tinc Por' demonstration honors emergency services and police amid controversy over king's presence
Catalonia’s Muslim community stands firm against terrorism
The motto of the march will be 'No tinc por'
Many representatives from the Catalan Government attended on Sunday the demonstration in Barcelona to defend the Catalan institutions from Spain’s legal attacks. “The rally empowers the institutions to continue the process towards independence”, Catalan Government Spokeswoman Neus Munté stated. The politician referred to the demonstration as “the best contrast between the decay of a political system, the Spanish one, which persecutes democracy, and one nation and the Catalan institutions that stand up for it and which will continue to do so”. “Any true democrat should feel challenged by what is happening”, she added. Several Catalan Government representatives are facing court cases sought by the Spanish Government for having staged the 9-N vote in 2014. Those politicians summonsed include Catalonia's former President, Artur Mas, the Parliament’s President, Carme Forcadell and former Catalan Ministers, Joana Ortega, Francesc Homs and Irene Rigau. All of them attended the protest.