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by Mary Hui
The “Be Water” nature of Hong Kong’s protests—fluid,
flexible, and fast-moving—has taken on a new form half way across the
world in Catalonia: as a tsunami.
After a Spanish court on Monday (Oct. 14) handed down lengthy jail terms to nine Catalan leaders for their roles in a 2017 secession attempt, tens of thousands of Catalans took to the streets to protest against what they saw as heavy-handed political persecution and blatant repression of the region’s political rights.
The protesters were answering the call to action from a group called Tsunami Democràtic, which launched in September
(link in Spanish) urging mass peaceful and civil disobedience actions
in order to safeguard Catalonia’s freedoms. Following the sentencing,
protesters quickly gathered at plazas and on streets across the region,
cutting off major thoroughfares and blocking traffic before heading en
masse to their next target: Barcelona’s El Prat airport. As they set off from the city center, a group of youth shouted, “We’re going to do a Hong Kong!“
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