Thousands Protest in support of Oriol Junqueras

Protests around Catalonia in support of Junqueras Tonight. The demonstrations, called by the pro-independence groups Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and Òmnium Cultural, took place in front of town councils around Catalonia, but a special gathering took place in Sant Vicenç del Horts, the locality on the outskirts of Barcelona where Junqueras lives and of which he was mayor between 2011 and 2015. Catalan political and social leaders such as Jordi Turull, Joan Tardà, Agustí Alcoberro and Marcel Mauri were among the many who gathered in Junqueras's hometown.

It is now more than two months since Junqueras was imprisoned, as a speaker noted to the gathering of around a thousand people at Sant Vicenç dels Horts. The town's mayor, Maite Aymerich, told those assembled that "it is very easy" to resolve the court appeal made on Thursday for his freedom. "Oriol will not attempt to flee, he will not destroy evidence which does not exist, nor will he repeat any offence", she noted. In turn, the vice presidents of Òmnium and the ANC commented that dialogue is "the only way to solve the political conflict", affirming that the Spanish state "has lost its credibility".