Barcelona's seventh day of demonstrations to demand the freedom of Catalan leaders

"There are no fires, barricades, cobblestones, steel balls, which can stop a project like that of Spain, and when they try, they will end up in prison, as they have done," he said. said Albert Rivera, the leader of the citizens, who reiterated his criticisms. to the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, for not having stopped the Catalan president, Quim Torra.

After a quiet morning at Barcelona, a resurgence of tension is expected this afternoon around the delegation of the Spanish government, where the pro-independence group Picnic for the Republic has convened an event called to help with garbage bags full of paper.

Yesterday a group of pacifist protesters supported the initiative launched by the deputy of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), the deputy Gabriel Rufián, and put it on the front line to prevent collisions between the police and violent militants, which helped to contain the violence of the previous days.

The initiative "In Little Trouble!", Who played in this cordon of human containment, claimed today via Twitter that she would continue her efforts to remain "a bridge, a part and active". "in the demonstrations, that she supports, but always through nonviolent mobilization. "It was not a cordon, the protesters were supported," they qualified.

It was inevitable that around midnight, around Plaza Urquinaona, where the concentration took place, some troublemakers will barricade with fences and light firesalthough the violence was quickly controlled by the police.

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The picnic movement for the Republic convened a demonstration to help with garbage bags filled with paper.

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"Yesterday four policemen were wounded, Friday 95." "The preventive cordon is the other side of the coin for violent groups," said Catalan Interior Minister Miquel Buch today, welcoming the citizens' initiative, which has significantly reduced the violence of the latter. days.

Unlike previous days, during which hundreds of injuries were recorded, the health services treated only 14 people, 11 in Barcelona and 3 in Girona, another of the cities in which serious disturbances occurred.

In addition, the Catalan police announced that 13 people had been arrested during demonstrations that took place Saturday throughout Catalonia.

In different points of Catalonia mobilizations are taking place in front of police stations and squares to protest detainees in disarray and continue to claim the freedom of secessionist leaders, punished with 9 to 13 years in prison for their role in the failed secession process of 2017. In front of the police station of Verneda and the Commissariat of Les Corts, in Barcelona and Girona, Reus, Vic, Sabadell and Villanova i la Geltrú.

As part of the events, the mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau reiterated his request to the presidents of the Spanish and Catalan governments, the Socialist Pedro Sánchez and the secessionist Torra, who "dialogue with the leaders, with empathy, respect and without maximalism".

"We need a table of dialogue both in Catalonia and in the state that moves away from the gesticulation," he insisted.

Torra, on the other hand, expressed his "concern" for people injured during the riots of recent days, especially for the situation of a girl and a police officer, the latter very serious, for injury to the head.