Tens of thousands protest outside Catalonian court against referendum arrests

At least 20,000 people gathered outside the Catalonian region's higher court in Barcelona to protest against the arrest of 14 officials for their alleged involvement in the preparation of an independence referendum that the Spanish judiciary has deemed unconstitutional.


The demonstrators waved Catalonian flags and held up ballot boxes as they denounced what they saw as heavy-handed treatment of the referendum by Spanish authorities, following Wednesday's wave of arrests of higher-ups in regional departments.
 EFE/EPA
 21/9/17
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