Catalan secessionists protest in second anniversary of banned independence referendum
Record ID:
1434608
Catalan secessionists protest in second anniversary of banned independence referendum
- Title: Catalan secessionists protest in second anniversary of banned independence referendum
- Date: 1st October 2019
- Summary: GIRONA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 1, 2019) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) MEMBERS OF CATALAN SEPARATIST GROUP 'COMMITTEES FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE REPUBLIC' (CDR) MARCHING / PROTESTER HOLDING SMOKE CANISTER PROTESTERS WITH THEIR FACE COVERED HOLDING BANNER AND CHANTING PROTESTER HOLDING UP SMOKE CANISTER PROTESTERS HOLDING UP BANNER READING (Catalan): "TWO YEARS LATER, THE BATTLE CONTINUES" PROTESTERS STANDING IN FRONT OF RIOT POLICE / FIRECRACKER EXPLODING PROTESTERS CHANTING AND RIOT POLICE STANDING IN FRONT OF THEM RIOT POLICE HOLDING BATON RIOT POLICE STANDING IN GUARD / PROTESTERS GIRONA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 1, 2019) (REUTERS) (DAY SHOTS) PROTESTERS HOLDING BANNER STANDING CLOSE TO RIOT POLICE PROTESTER'S FACE AND RIOT POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING PICTURES AT PROTEST PROTESTERS HOLDING UP BANNER READING (Catalan): "TWO YEARS LATER, THE BATTLE CONTINUES" RIOT POLICE WALKING BACK VARIOUS OF RIOT POLICE VANS GUARDING
- Embargoed: 15th October 2019 07:59
- Keywords: Catalonia October 1st anniversary independence referendum CDR protest
- Location: GIRONA, SPAIN
- City: GIRONA, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001AZ9MGXZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Members of the Catalan separatist group Committees for the Defence of the Republic (CDR) gathered in the town of Girona early on Tuesday (October 1) to mark the second anniversary of a banned independence referendum.
Holding banners reading "Two years later, the battle continues", holding smoke canisters and firing firecrackers, protesters tried to block streets and marched in front of the Civil Guard and Spanish government headquarters
Police had cordoned off the train station and other key buildings in Girona, a small town at the heart of the separatist movement, a Reuters reporter saw at the start of a day that will gauge the strength of the pro-independence movement.
More events are planned on Tuesday, including a rally in Barcelona in the evening.
Tensions between separatists in the wealthy northeastern region and Madrid have run high in recent days after Spain's high court sent seven Catalan activists to jail over suspicions that they were planning violent actions in favour of Catalonia's independence.
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