- Title: Thousands of Catalan separatists protest in Barcelona during general strike
- Date: 18th October 2019
- Summary: BARCELONA, SPAIN (OCTOBER 18, 2019) (REUTERS) WOMAN WAVING SEPARATIST FLAG AND OBSERVING THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS FROM A BALCONY VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING UP HUGE PRO-INDEPENDENCE FLAG AND BIG YELLOW LETTERS READING (Catalan): "FREEDOM" VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS COVERED BY THE HUGE SEPARATIST FLAG WAVING IT DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED WITH SEPARATIST FLAGS AND SIGN READING (English): "FREEDOM FOR POLITIC PRISONERS" DEMONSTRATORS CHANTING "INDEPENDENCE" WAVING SEPARATIST FLAGS PROTESTERS ON A BALCONY SHOUTING "FREEDOM FOR POLITIC PRISONERS" VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS GATHERED BAND PLAYING TRADITIONAL MUSIC AMID PROTESTERS PROTESTERS GATHERED VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING YELLOW SIGNS WITH JAILED SEPARATIST LEADERS FACES AND WAVING SEPARATIST FLAGS DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED
- Embargoed: 1st November 2019 16:48
- Keywords: top shot general view clashes with police independence pro-independence protesters separatist flags riot police riot police clashes
- Location: BARCELONA, SPAIN
- City: BARCELONA, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B1MLWZR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Thousands of protesters joined a mass rally in central Barcelona on Friday (October 18) after a three-day march against this week's verdict by Spain's Supreme Court, which sentenced nine separatists to jail over a failed, 2017 secessionist bid.
Demonstrators held up banners with the nine jailed separatist leaders faces and waved an immense pro-independence flag, demanding freedom for the imprisoned politics in a peaceful demonstration.
The sentences set off the worst sustained street violence Spain has seen in decades, with clashes between protesters and police, posing a major challenge both for the Spanish government and pro-independence regional authorities.
The interior ministry has dispatched police reinforcements to the Mediterranean city, which is a major tourist magnet, and warned that troublemakers would be swiftly dealt with.
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