Catalan students protest against spanish repression

international | rights, freedoms and repression | news report Thursday October 04, 2007 17:37 by freedom - endavant

Demonstrations of students after a lot of protests in villages

The 'crisis of king's burning photos' is not finished, the spanish special tribunal, that usually deals with 'terrorist activities', has sued 11 demosntrators fro taking part in the burn of spanish king's pictures, they are accused of 'crown injuries' and face possible sentence of 15 months imprisonement. Mobilisations are organized by Independentist Left.

students protest in Barcelona

A group of students burnet more images of spanish king in Atonomus University. There have been demonstrations in Alacant, Girona, Lleida, Tarragona and València

The jugde has charged the last 9 sued independentists for 'inuries to crown' , and released tem on bail.

Judge Fernando Grande-Marlaska has released on bail the nine last activist accused of teh burning of king's pictures. they have participated in a demonstratyion in Girona last week against the process on other 2 catalan freedom activists. Police has identified a 10th person who is with the same charges and will have to go to Madrid for declaration.

Lawyer of activists, Mr Benet Salellas, said that judge urged State Attorney to present formal accusation against them.

This wave of repression against antimonarchic acts and free speech has ben countered with dozens of solidarity acts in all Catalonia, most of them repeating teh with civil desobedience act of the simobic burning, by the catalan left-wing independentists.

More info (Catalan):
http://noalrei.elsud.org/ (Solidarity campaign: "I'm also against Monarchy")
www.endavant.org/ (Endavant, catalan Socialist organisation for National Liberation)
www.alertasolidaria.org (catalan Human Rights Organisation)
www.sepc.cat/ (catalan students organisation)