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Some 700,000 people take to Barcelona's streets, city police say, to protest against police violence during a banned weekend independence referendum in Catalonia, demanding to be heard. IMAGES
Some 700,000 people took to Barcelona's streets Tuesday, city police said, to protest against police violence during a banned weekend independence referendum in Catalonia, demanding to be heard. IMAGES
Protesters throw flares at police, with some landing near AFP journalists, at a rally called by far-right movements against a controversial deal clinched by Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to remain in power by offering amnesty to Catalan separatists. In recent days, conservative opposition parties and members of Spain's judiciary have stepped up criticism of the amnesty plan, with some accusing Sanchez of corruption and abandoning the rule of law. IMAGES
Under heavy police watch, Nigerians protest at the Unity fountain in Abuja to mark a year after security forces violently suppressed mass protests against police brutality and bad governance. Last year's #EndSARS rallies began over brutality by the SARS police unit but snowballed into protests over bad governance in the largest mass demonstrations in Nigeria's modern history. IMAGES
Barcelona, Oct 2 (EFE).- Several people were detained Friday night for acts of vandalism in the center of Barcelona after the pro-independence protest held to mark the fourth anniversary of the Catalonia independence referendum.The demonstration called by the Committees for the Defense of the Republic (CDRs) began around 7.00 p.m. local time in Plaça Fransesc Macià in Barcelona and marched through the streets of the city. (Camera: EFE). SHOT LIST: CATALONIA POLICE FORCES DETAIN AND IDENTIFY DEMONSTRATORS IN THE CENTER OF BARCELONA, SPAIN.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).