catalan protests

Mossos d’Esquadra head defends police officers as "mostly passive and defensive"

Tsunami Democràtic calls new actions after police remove activists blocking AP-7 highway

The AP-7 highway has been blocked affecting those trying to cross, especially truck drivers

Pro-independence activists resume actions against the imprisonment of their leaders a day after the Spanish election

Guardia Civil justifies demand by calling Tsunami Democràtic network "a criminal organization that promotes terrorist attacks"

200 young people pitch tents in central square to condemn imprisonment of independence leaders and demand return of "rights and freedoms"

Instances under investigation include vans running over demonstrators

Unrest erupts in Barcelona after a peaceful half million-strong march

Pro-independence supporters start marches across the country, blocking roads, after night of turmoil

Spanish government cools down threat of deploying its own officers in Catalonia