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November 13, 2017

750,000 Protest in Catalonia for Release of Jailed Leaders
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In news from Europe, over 750,000 supporters of Catalan independence
marched in Barcelona on Saturday calling on Spain to release eight
members of the deposed Catalan government.

Protester: "I am here because there are political prisoners that should
not be in jail. We are appalled, angry and mad because of the situation,
because people don't deserve it. We do things peacefully, with the
desire to build a country and without any desire to hurt anyone."

The Catalan leaders were jailed by Spain after the Catalan government
declared independence on October 27. The region's former president,
Carles Puigdemont, who is now in Belgium, also faces charges. Meanwhile,
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy traveled to Barcelona on Sunday for
the first time since imposing direct rule on Catalonia. He vowed to end
what he described as "separatist havoc."


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