BBCNEWS BBC News November 4, 2017
For the former catalan president , Carles Puigdemont. Hes in brussels. Tonight, on belgian tv, he described the case against him and his colleagues as exceptional and wrong. Translation this is not normal, that we face up to 30 years in prison, 30 years because we respected the wishes of the electorate. This is not normal, this is extremely barbaric. And in sleepy catalan villages, divisions are now often on public display. The abuse hurled atjordi, a Pro Independence councillor. At the local school where a month ago, he, arms crossed at the front, led a human wall blocking spains civil guard....