The brutality of Spanish police during the referendum left more than 1000 peaceful voters injured. Both the UN and the Council of Europe called on the Spanish authorities to launch an internal investigation into the conduct of Spanish police officers, but such investigation was never carried out. Human rights associations such as Amnesty or HRW also criticized Spanish police violence and the fact that Spain’s prosecutor and the Ministry of Interior were “obstructing” the investigations.

In October 2019, the lengthy prison sentences against Catalan pro-independence leaders caused a huge wave of protests in Catalonia that were also met with police violence that was documented in several videos.

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