(15 Oct 2019) Thousands of Catalan separatists are protesting for a second straight day over the Spanish court ruling that imprisoned nine independence leaders and the conviction of three others.
Protesters held vigils at the gates of the Spanish government's delegations in all of Catalonia's four provincial capitals.
Riot police in Barcelona charged at some of the protesters after some of them hurled objects at the officers and kicked the temporary fences put in place to protect the building.
The protesters sang the Catalan anthem and shouted, "The streets will always be ours," ''Independence," as well as slogans calling Spanish police "occupying forces" and urging them to leave Catalonia.
Vigils were also being held in Girona, Lleida and Tarragona, as well as smaller towns across Catalonia.
They had been called by ANC and Omnium, two grassroots pro-secession groups whose leaders Jordi Sánchez and Jordi Cuixart were sentenced on Monday to nine years in prison for sedition.
The "Jordis," as they are known popularly, spent nearly two years in pre-trial detention, a cause of anger for many in Catalonia.
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