Catalan referendum: Catalonia has 'won right to statehood'

Catalan chief carles puigdemont says the spanish region has won the right to statehood following a contentious referendum that become marred by violence.
He said the door become open to a unilateral assertion of independence after catalan officers stated citizens had subsidized secession with a forty two.3% turnout.
Spain's government has warned it is able to droop catalan autonomy.
The constitutional court docket banned the vote and nearly 900 human beings were hurt as police attempted to prevent it going beforehand.
Officers from the countrywide police and paramilitary civil protect seized poll papers and bins at polling stations.
Spanish top minister mariano rajoy stated catalans have been fooled into taking element in an illegal vote.
More than 2.2 million people were suggested to have voted, in line with catalan authorities, out of five.3 million registered voters. Just beneath ninety% of people who voted sponsored independence, they said.
A catalan spokesman said extra than 750,000 votes couldn't matter due to the fact polling stations had been closed and urns were confiscated.
What have catalan and spanish leaders said?
"with this present day of hope and suffering, the citizens of catalonia have received the proper to an impartial nation in the form of a republic," mr puigdemont stated in a televised cope with.
Catalan regional president carles puigdemont (c) is flanked by means of members of his government as he makes a statement. 1 oct 2017image copyrightreuters
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Catalan chief carles puigdemont become flanked by way of contributors of his government as he made his declaration
"my government in the following couple of days will ship the results of modern day vote to the catalan parliament, where the sovereignty of our humans lies, so that it could act according with the regulation of the referendum."
He said the eu union ought to not "retain to appearance the other manner".


Media captionriot police have been visible using batons and kicking human beings to block balloting
The spanish prime minister referred to a "mockery" of democracy.
"at this hour i will inform you in the most powerful phrases what you know and what we have visible throughout this day. There has not been a referendum on self-willpower in catalonia," mr rajoy said.
Spain's justice minister warned that any assertion of independence ought to cause article one hundred fifty five of the united states of america's charter being invoked which permits the country wide government to interfere in the strolling of an autonomous area.
"we aren't right here to divide spaniards... However if someone tries to claim independence on behalf of part of spain's territory, that cannot be done due to the fact it's far beyond their powers," said rafael catalá.
More than forty change unions and catalan associations referred to as a area-huge strike on tuesday due to "the grave violation of rights and freedoms".
How awful became the violence?
Television photos confirmed spanish police kicking would-be voters and pulling women out of polling stations with the aid of their hair.
Catalan scientific officials stated 844 humans had been harm in clashes, together with 33 police. The general public had minor injuries or had suffered from anxiety attacks.
How barcelona and madrid considered the vote
The most effective photos of catalan clashes
The motives for the referendum
In girona, revolt police smashed their manner right into a polling station wherein mr puigdemont become due to vote, and forcibly eliminated the ones internal. He voted at another station.
The bbc's tom burridge in barcelona witnessed police being chased far from one polling booth when they had raided it.
Tv pictures confirmed rebel police using batons to conquer a set of firefighters who had been defensive crowds in girona.
A woman sits injured on a staircase as every other person covers her head partially with a material, in barcelona, spain october 1, 2017image copyrightreuters
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This woman suffered a head harm in barcelona
The countrywide police and guardia civil - a army pressure charged with police duties - had been despatched into catalonia in big numbers to prevent the vote.
The catalan police - the mossos d'esquadra - had been located under madrid's manage, however witnesses said they confirmed little inclination to use pressure on protesters.
Barcelona mayor ada colau, who voted blank on sunday, condemned police movements against the vicinity's "defenceless" populace, however spain's deputy high minister soraya saenz de santamaria stated police had "acted with professionalism and in a proportionate way".
Image taken in the metropolis of lleida on sunday, shared on tweeted by means of boris llonaimage copyrightboris llona via twitter
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The mossos d'esquadra are held in excessive esteem by catalans
Huge crowds of independence supporters collected in the centre of the nearby capital barcelona on sunday night, waving flags and singing the catalan anthem. Anti-independence protesters have additionally held rallies in barcelona and other spanish cities.
How a great deal voting occurred?
Catalan authorities stated 319 of about 2,300 polling stations throughout the place had been closed through police even as the spanish authorities stated 92 stations had been sealed off.
Due to the fact friday, heaps of people have occupied faculties and different homes exact as polling stations to be able to maintain them open.


Media captionvoters try to forestall police seizing ballots. A few shouted: "we will vote! We're peaceful human beings"
Lots of the ones inside had been parents and their youngsters, who remained within the buildings after the end of instructions on friday and bedded down in slumbering bags on gym mats.
The anti-independence societat civil stated there were voting irregularities, which includes the identical people balloting twice.
Catalonia, a wealthy vicinity of 7.5 million people in north-japanese spain, has its personal language and tradition.
It also has a high diploma of autonomy, however is not recognised as a separate state beneath the spanish constitution.
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What takes place subsequent?
Analysis: tom burridge, bbc information, barcelona
Spain's complex relationship with the region of catalonia is headed for the unknown.
After violence by spanish police, a declaration of independence by using catalonia's nearby government appears much more likely than ever before.
Given the chaotic nature of the vote, turnout and vote casting figures must be all for a pinch of salt. On monday the authorities in madrid will keep talks with spanish parties to talk about a response to the biggest political disaster this country has seen in a long time.