Democrat and Republican US congressmen meet with Catalan president
American civil rights leader John Lewis among officials who talk to Quim Torra at Capitol, Washington DC
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'West cannot allow forceful suppression' of independence movement, says president in US
Quim Torra asks for "international mediation that allows Catalans to exercise self-determination"
President goes to US to give talk at Martin Luther King Institute
Quim Torra will also meet business leaders, while ERC party holds meeting in Geneva with exiled secretary general
Luther King Institute 'pleased' with movements using 'nonviolent resistance'
Director of center 'disturbed' whenever protesters are 'suppressed or punished by police,' says talking about Catalan independence movement