Barcelona lives this Friday a new day of mobilizations in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla and in rejection of the Israeli assault against the humanitarian expedition that departed from the city towards Gaza. The protest will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Urquinaona Square and will advance until Carbonera Squareat the end of the Ramblas, near the port of Barcelona, where dozens of protesters have spent the night after the concentration of the previous day.
This second day, which is committed to a march (Thursday’s was a concentration in the plaça de la carbonera) seeks Increase visibility of mobilizations and prolong pressure on the streets of the city. The call comes after two days in a row of student protests, who have called a university break and have manifested in the mornings in Plaça Universitat.
Despite the peaceful character of the protest, on Thursday they were already lived tense moments with clashes with the Mossos d’Esquadra At the entrance of the coastal round, when part of the protesters tried break the police cordon. In addition, the riots hit multiple protesters and pedestrians who did not face them in any way to the forces of order, with such Dissoun the protestwhich already languished in the streets adjacent to Parallel at the end of the day, according to this newspaper.
473 detainees
Although Barcelona, like other European cities, has been demonstrating against the Israeli invasion for months, has been the arrest of the Fleeta de la Libertad that has detonated this new wave of demonstrations throughout Europe. The 473 crew of the flotilla They were arrested on Wednesday night to Thursday and on Friday morning they were transferred to the Israeli port of Ashdod After the military approach in international waters.
The Israeli minister Itamar Ben True He described the “terrorist” activists and denied that they transported humanitarian aid, which was also retained, as part of the lock of food and drugs that is being used as a gun. The detainees have been transferred to the Saharonim prisonin the desert of Negueva center used in the past for African asylum seekers and indicated for its harsh climatic conditions. A last ship, the Marinettemanaged to advance a few more hours until they were finally intercepted to the 8:29 Thursday.
Demonstration in Barcelona against the interception of the flotilla by Israel and Gaza’s genocide / Zowy feet / EPC
University mobilization
In parallel, the Student Union of the Catalan Countries (SEPC) This Thursday promoted a university strike day that had broad monitoring. According to the organization, between 90% and 100% of students seconded the protest on several Catalan campuses. In the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) Access in Bellaterra were blocked for three hours, while in the University of Barcelona (UB) Encierros were performed to paralyze the activity. In the UPCstudents prevented the entrance to the upper technical Escola d’Eginyeria industrial, managing to paralyze the center for the first time in almost a decade.
More calls
This Friday’s march will be the second great consecutive act in the Catalan capital. In addition, a manifestation the sábado in Jardinets de Gràciawhich is expected to be the most massive.
The SEPC and other social entities call to maintain pressure on the streets. They have also announced Labor strikes on October 15in a calendar of mobilizations that seeks to make the situation in Gaza visible and demand the immediate release of activists arrested by Israel.
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