Police uncover Vuelta a España protest plot to pour "400 litres of liquid" onto route
Four suspects believed to be planning a pro-independence protest as the race visited Catalunya were arrested
Source: road.cc
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Scots protester in jail in Barcelona being held on minor charges, papers show
CHARGES against a young Scot in prison in Barcelona are for relatively minor public order offences and are not related to more serious allegations made against Italian and French “anarchist” protesters, according to documentation from the court. Catalan newspaper El Nacional (elnacional.cat) has had access to the documents arising from protests last month in support of jailed rapper Pablo Hasel. It said the allegations against William Aitken, who has lived in Barcelona for four years, are minor compared to those of attempted homicide, attacks on police officers and membership of a cri...
Source: thenational.scot
Scot enters third week in Catalan jail without trial after arrest at protest
And there is no indication of when 30-year-old William Aitken might either be released or tried. Aitken has lived and worked in the St Antoni district of the Catalan capital for four years. He has a local partner and his brother has also made the city his home. The Scot was arrested on February 17 as protests mounted in support of rapper Pablo Hasel, who was jailed for nine months over his lyrics, which criticised Spain’s monarchy and allegedly glorified terrorism. Hasel was arrested by police after barricading himself inside a university building in Barcelona as the deadline expi...
Source: thenational.scot