Protesters form a ribbon of lights in support of jailed Catalan activists

Record ID: 937837

  • Title: Protesters form a ribbon of lights in support of jailed Catalan activists
  • Date: 16th November 2017
  • Summary: BARCELONA, SPAIN (NOVEMBER 16, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING IN CATALAN "FREEDOM" AND HOLDING BANNERS ASKING FOR THE RELEASE OF THE CATALAN LEADERS JAILED PROTESTER HOLDING BANNER WITH A YELLOW RIBBON IN SUPPORT OF THE JAILED CATALAN LEADERS PROTESTERS HOLDING PLACARDS WITH THE FACE OF JAILED CATALAN LEADERS DRAWN ON THEM VARIOUS OF PROTEST IN PROGRESS (SO
  • Embargoed: 30th November 2017 21:15
  • Keywords: Catalonia independence protests ANC Omnium Jordi Cuixart Jordi Sanchez Barcelona Spain
  • Location: BARCELONA, SPAIN
  • City: BARCELONA, SPAIN
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA00177Q7BK7
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hundreds of Catalan pro-independence supporters gathered on Thursday (November 16) in Sant Jaume square in Barcelona to demand the release of two separatist activists held in prison on charges of sedition.
    The protesters holding lights formed the shape of a ribbon in front of Catalonia's regional government building to show their support for the jailed leaders of the two main grassroots independence groups.
    Jordi Sanchez, leader of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and Omnium Cultural's Jordi Cuixart have been in custody since October 16 while Spanish authorities investigate their role in a pro-independence protests that last month trapped national police inside a Barcelona building and destroyed their vehicles.
    Catalonia's independence referendum held on October 1 has plunged Spain, the euro zone's fourth-biggest economy, into its worst constitutional crisis since its return to democracy in the 1970s.
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