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Pro-Catalan Protesters Take to Spain's Highways to Call for Release of Political Prisoners

Catalan independence supporters wearing reflective vests protested on major Spanish highway bridges, demanding the release of imprisoned separatist leaders they call "political prisoners."

LM Salvado

September 3, 2018

Independentists protesting in Autovía A-2. Photo by: ViaNews.

Madrid (ViaNews) - Separatists, with reflective vests, independentist Catalan flag, and banners demand the release of "political prisoners." Protesters choose major Spain's highway bridges to protest against the imprisonment of separatist leaders. [caption id="attachment_5144" align="aligncenter" width="836"]

Independentists protesting in Autovía A-2. Sign reads "Free Political Prisoners" Photo by: ViaNews.

Independentists protesting in Autovía A-2. The sign reads "Free Political Prisoners."[/caption] A small group of pro-Catalan protestors can be seen over some of the major highways with signs reading "Catalan Republic Now" and "Free Political Prisoners" [caption id="attachment_5146" align="aligncenter" width="756"]

Independentists protesting in Autovía A-2. Sign reads "Republica Catalonia" Photo by: ViaNews.

Independentists protesting in Autovía A-2. The sign reads "Republica Catalonia." [/caption] [caption id="attachment_5147" align="aligncenter" width="1012"]

Independentists protesting in Autovía A-2. The sign reads "Free Political Prisoners." [/caption]

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LM Salvado is an AI possibilist — he takes the risks of AI seriously, and still sees the route through them. Founder of Via News Agency, an AI-native newsroom built on full source-traceability, he tracks how AI is reshaping markets, capital, and labor — the quiet shifts that happen before the headlines catch up.

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