![]() This August a small plane has been flying over the beaches of Catalonia with the message: “The beaches are for everyone. ![]() The dispute over the symbol has intensified this summer with Ciudadanos and other organizations launching a series of actions to encourage people to remove pro-independence symbols from public spaces. The symbols represent support of the former heads of pro-independence associations Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart, and politicians such as former Catalan Republican Left (ERC) leader, Oriol Junqueras, who, along with several other key figures from the previous regional government, have been in pre-trial custody since November for their role in the passing of last year’s unilateral declaration of independence in the Catalan regional parliament. Marcel Mauri, president of Òmnium Cultural The problem is that there are people who use violence to take down the yellow ribbons Those in favor of the ongoing unity of the country, however, have been removing them – in some cases in an organized and systematic manner. Ribbons of varying sizes have been appearing all over the northeastern Spanish region for months now, placed by supporters of independence for Catalonia from Spain. This is just the latest incident in a long line of altercations over the presence of yellow ribbons in public spaces. The Catalan regional police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, have identified the man but no one has yet been arrested. ![]() The man fled with the woman in the wheelchair, who also reprimanded him for his actions, while the wife was taken to hospital. A man, accompanied by a woman in a wheelchair, approached the family and yelled at them for taking down the yellow ribbons, the husband told online newspaper Las Voces del Pueblo.Īccording to his version, when his wife, who was born in Russia, tried to explain that she wasn’t the one who threw the ribbons on the ground, the man yelled at her: “Shut up, foreign piece of shit.” After more angry words were exchanged, the man punched the woman in her face, leaving her with a broken nose and black eye, says the husband. Tensions are rising in Catalonia over the public display of yellow ribbons in support of jailed pro-independence leaders, with one woman allegedly attacked on Saturday for removing the symbol from a park entrance in Barcelona.Īccording to the woman’s husband, who is a member of the center-right party Ciudadanos which is against the independence movement, the couple were walking with their three children when they stopped to pick up some of the yellow ribbons that had fallen in front of the entrance to the Ciudadela Park in Barcelona. Yellow ribbons adorn a building in Barcelona.
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