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Reports of police brutality at Catalunya referendum as photos of bloodied locals emerge

WITNESSES in Catalunya have reported excessive use of force by police. According to Sky News, police used their batons to attack residents who were sitting

1 Oct, 2017 @ 11:08

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Police shoot Catalan independence voters with rubber bullets as ‘illegal’ referendum turns violent

GUARDIA Civil have shot rubber bullets at voters taking part in the Catalunya independence referendum. Tensions are rising as voters across the region are attempting

1 Oct, 2017 @ 10:23

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UNPRECEDENTED: Up to 500,000 Catalans take to the streets to protect remaining polling stations

Huge crowds have answered calls from referendum organizers and turned up hours before voting is set to start to protect remaining polling stations. Local radio

1 Oct, 2017 @ 07:39

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SATURDAY NIGHT UPDATE: Government believe polling station shutdown has been a success

GOVERNMENT figures in Madrid are increasingly confident they have struck a huge blow to Catalan secessionists ahead of tomorrow’s vote. Enric Millo, the central government’s

30 Sep, 2017 @ 23:30

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ONE LAST THING: Barcelonians give their final thoughts before they head to the polls

THEY say the rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain. Judging by the way the rain fell in Barcelona today perhaps the old rules

30 Sep, 2017 @ 21:33

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BETTER TOGETHER: Passionate rally takes place outside Malaga Town Hall ahead of Catalonian Referendum

OVER six hundred Malagueñans gathered in a last minute show of fervent Spanish unity ahead of the Catalonian referendum on Sunday. The gathering was organised

30 Sep, 2017 @ 16:52

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HUSH HUSH: Spanish Government continues communications crackdown in Catalonia

POLICE from Spain’s Civil Guard have occupied the Centro de Telecomunicaciones y Tecnologias de la Información (CTTI) in Barcelona in an attempt to shut down

30 Sep, 2017 @ 16:00

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DANGEROUS GAME: Referendum activists shot at in Manlleu

FOUR individuals, including an elderly woman, have sustained minor injuries after an unknown assailant shot at them with an air gun. The group were

30 Sep, 2017 @ 15:55

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ULTIMATUM: Spain’s Superior Court orders Catalans occupying polling stations to leave by Sunday morning

THE Catalonian police – the Mossos d’Esquadra – has been instructed by Spain’s Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña (TSJC) to prevent Sunday’s referendum from taking

30 Sep, 2017 @ 14:46

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RAMPING UP: Tensions flare as farmers plough into Barcelona on tractors ahead of Catalunya referendum

Farmers have descended on Barcelona in their tractors to park them in front of polling stations ahead of Sunday's vote.

29 Sep, 2017 @ 13:28

Barcelona·Lead·National News·Politics

Mayor of Barcelona calls on EU to intervene on Catalunya referendum

Barcelona's Mayor Ada Colau has called on the European Union to intervene in Catalunya's referendum and blames Rajoy's government for worsening the situation.

28 Sep, 2017 @ 11:42

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Donald Trump says Catalunya independence ‘foolish’, repeatedly calls Spain prime minister Mariano Rajoy ‘president’

US President Donald Trump said yesterday that his country opposes Catalunya independence, calling the idea ‘foolish.’ His comments came as Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy

27 Sep, 2017 @ 12:09

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