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The silence over Catalonia
DIR By: mikemarshall
Date: October 5, 2017, 5:49 pm
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Recently the government of Catalonia - a province of Spain -
tried to hold a referendum on independence.
The Spanish Government first arrested the Prime Minister of
Catalonia for treason and then when his successor pressed ahead
with the referendum they sent Spanish police in to STOP people
voting. The police dragged ballot boxes out of polling stations,
beat up protestors viciously - one video shows a Spanish
policeman methodically breaking a woman's fingers one by one -
and enraged even OPPONENTS of independence.
The response in the media has been embarrassingly muted and the
condemnation from the EU has been non-existent.
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Re: The silence over Catalonia
DIR By: mikemarshall
Date: October 5, 2017, 5:54 pm
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HTML http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/861221/catalan-referendum-video-independence-vote-police-sexually-assault-woman/
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Re: The silence over Catalonia
DIR By: andra
Date: October 6, 2017, 4:34 am
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Agreed.
Those who complain about the press in the US should look at
Catalonia.
And those who allege our elections are "rigged" again should
look at Catalonia.
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Re: The silence over Catalonia
DIR By: mikemarshall
Date: October 8, 2017, 6:57 pm
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The question is not whether or not Catalonia SHOULD be
independent.
It is whether or not the lawfully elected government of the
region - who won 48% of the vote in the elections - should be
allowed to hold a referendum on the subject.
Now the Spanish Constitution makes any attempts to secede from
Spain high treason.
So they arrested the Prime Minister of Catalonia for calling for
a referendum - not even organising one, simply advocating one -
and then when his successor again asked for permission to hold
one and was denied he went ahead and tried to hold one anyway.
Then the Spanish police went in with brutality reminiscent of
Gonzales' GAL or Franco's police.
And the EU has signally FAILED to say a single WORD of
condemnation for Spain.
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Re: The silence over Catalonia
DIR By: andra
Date: October 10, 2017, 3:18 am
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I had thought of Franco.
I had also thought of where is the EU.
So not only is the media mum about the situation...the EU is
MIA.
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