Catalan Separatists

• Spain pardons 9 jailed Catalan separatist leaders in push for unity

  The pardons lifted the remaining years of their prison terms, while keeping intact their status as being unfit to hold public office.

  World

  Jun 22, 2021
  
• Catalan separatists clash with police following rally for imprisoned leaders

  The flare-up in violence came after a week of tense calm without major incidents following six days when Catalonia was rocked by riots each night after the Oct. 14 Supreme Court verdict.

  World

  Oct 26, 2019
  
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• ‘This cannot continue’: Barcelona mayor urges halt to violent Catalonia protests

  Rioters have burned hundreds of trash bins and hurled gasoline bombs, chunks of pavement, acid, and firecrackers, among other objects, at police.

  World

  Oct 19, 2019
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• Catalan separatists hurl firecrackers, clash with Spanish police for second night in a row

  Thousands of people held gatherings near Spanish offices, which turned into with protesters hurling firecrackers and other objects at anti-riot officers and kicking temporary fences around the official buildings over the conviction of a dozen Catalan separatist leaders.

  World

  Oct 15, 2019
• Police clash with protesters in Spain after leading Catalan separatists are sentenced

  Video footage showed police using batons on some of the demonstrators.

  World

  Oct 14, 2019
• Catalan leader heads to court after Canada refuses him entry for speaking visit

  A Quebec nationalist group is claiming the Canadian government revoked a travel permit for the exiled former president of Spain's Catalonia region.

  Canada

  Apr 29, 2019
• Catalan separatists set to win regional elections, deepening Spain’s political crisis

  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy had hoped Catalonia's "silent majority" would deal separatism a decisive blow in what was a de facto independence referendum, but his hard line backfired.

  Politics

  Dec 21, 2017
• Catalan police, news media could be taken over by Spain under PM Rajoy’s plan

  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy left the nation breathless when he announced the steps he wants to take to crush the separatist movement in the prosperous Catalonia region.

  Politics

  Oct 22, 2017