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A Catalan independence protest in July 2010. The Catalan independence movement (Catalan: independentisme català; [a] Spanish: independentismo catalán; Occitan: independentisme catalan) is a social and political movement (with roots in Catalan nationalism) which seeks the independence of Catalonia from Spain.
The sentencing of nine Catalan independence leaders in a 2019 trial by the Supreme Court of Spain triggered protests in Catalonia. They were convicted of sedition and other crimes against the Spanish state for their role in the organization of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum. [6]
Government of Catalonia's refusal to abide by the Constitutional Court's suspension of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum. Catalan independence movement. Methods: Protests, demonstrations, civil disobedience, civil resistance, civil disorder (rioting, vandalism, occupations), general strikes: Resulted in: Direct rule enforced for six months.
Spain's Catalonia region holds an election on Sunday with big implications for the Socialist-led national government and a pro-independence movement rumbling for a decade. ... Support for ...
Madrid sent in police in an attempt to stop the referendum, which were opposed by protests that turned violent. The Catalan Parliament declared independence on Oct. 27, but it failed to garner any ...
MADRID (Reuters) -About 170,000 people marched through Madrid on Saturday in the largest protest yet against an amnesty law which Spain's Socialists agreed over Catalonia's 2017 separatist bid in ...
Catalonia held a contentious referendum on its independence from Spain on Sunday, 1 October 2017, against orders from the Spanish central government. [1] The national police enforcement attempted to prevent Catalans from voting in some locations with violent crackdowns [2] [3] that resulted in about 900 people injured and separatist calls for a general strike.
Thousands of Spaniards marched through the centre of Madrid on Saturday to protest against an amnesty bill for Catalan separatists involved in a failed 2017 independence bid. Spain's ruling ...