Catalan independence referendum

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Chronicle of a crackdown on Catalonia's independence vote

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Journalist Gerry Hadden offers a firsthand look, from a Barcelona polling center, at Spanish police's violent operations to disrupt the outlawed referendum on Catalan independence.

Chronicle of a crackdown on Catalonia's independence vote
Riot police grab at a woman near a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain, on Oct. 1, 2017.

Spanish riot police fight to suppress Catalonia's defiant independence vote

Conflict
Spanish riot police fight to suppress Catalonia's defiant independence vote
People hold Esteladas (Catalan separatist flags) as they wait for a closing rally in favour of the banned October 1 independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain.

Tensions heat up before Catalan independence vote

Global Politics
Tensions heat up before Catalan independence vote