Students protest peacefully in Barcelona against the sentencing of separatist leaders
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1437218
Students protest peacefully in Barcelona against the sentencing of separatist leaders
- Title: Students protest peacefully in Barcelona against the sentencing of separatist leaders
- Date: 17th October 2019
- Summary: BARCELONA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 17, 2019) (REUTERS) STUDENTS MARCHING CHANTING IN CATALAN "INDEPENDENCE" AND HOLDING BANNER READING IN CATALAN "STUDENTS ARE GOING TO SHUT EVERYTHING" VARIOUS OF STUDENTS MARCHING WAVING CATALAN PRO-INDEPENDENCE "ESTELADA" FLAGS PRO SPAIN UNION PROTESTERS HOLDING A SPANISH FLAG WITH A PLACARD WITH A PHOTO OF KING FELIPE AND READING IN SPANISH "LONG LIVE THE KING, LONG LIVE SPAIN" THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS PASSING BY SPANISH POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN BARCELONA HOODED PROTESTERS IN FRONT OF SPANISH POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN BARCELONA PROTESTERS DRAPED IN "ESTELADAS" OBJECTS BEING THROWN AT CATALAN RIOT POLICE EGG CRUSHED OVER POLICE VAN WINDSHIELD CATALAN RIOT POLICE OFFICERS VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS MARCHING IN FRONT OF SPANISH POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN BARCELONA PROTESTERS GATHERED IN FRONT OF POMPEU UNIVERSITY IN BARCELONA REFLECTION OF PROTESTERS ON THE POMPEU FABRA UNIVERSITY WINDOWS PROTESTERS SEATED ON THE FLOOR DRAPED IN "ESTELADAS" FLAGS PROTESTER HOLDING PLACARD WITH A DRAWING OF SPANISH DICTATOR FRANCISCO FRANCO AND READING IN SPANISH "THE DOG DIED BUT RABIES IS STILL THERE" SCULPTURE OF NEPTUNE WITH A SPANISH REPUBLICAN FLAG TIED IN HIS TRIDENT PROTESTERS SEATED ON THE FLOOR
- Embargoed: 31st October 2019 13:10
- Keywords: Barcelona Spain Catalan separatist leaders protesters peaceful protest Catalan students student protest
- Location: BARCELONA, SPAIN
- City: BARCELONA, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001B1HJKNB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Thousands of students took to the streets of Barcelona on Thursday (October 17) to protest against Monday's (October 14) Supreme Court ruling that jailed nine Catalan separatist leaders for up to 13 years.
The sentence has triggered a series of violent protests over three nights which saw demonstrators cutting off access to Barcelona's airports, molotov cocktails being hurled and infrastructures being set alight in various cities in the region as police used foam projectiles to try to disperse the crowds.
Regional leader Quim Torra issued a televised address shortly after midnight on Thursday calling on protesters to stop the violence.
Police in Catalonia have detained 97 protesters since unrest broke out on Monday Spain's acting Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on Thursday, saying there will be "no impunity".
The Spanish government and the Catalan regional government have both condemned violent actions and have said they will protect the fundamental right of assembly and peaceful protest.
(Production: Miguel Pereira, Marco Trujillo, Silvio Castellanos, Luis Felipe Fernandez) - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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