FC Barcelona has condemned the “disproportionate use of pressure” in opposition to supporters forward of their LaLiga match in opposition to Elche on Sunday.
Footage circulating on social media, which has been shared by Catalan media shops together with l, purports to indicate one Barcelona fan being dragged from a bigger group of supporters and pinned to the bottom by law enforcement officials earlier than being escorted away from the stadium.
The fan – who, r – was seen to be holding an Estelada, a model of the Catalan senyera flag that incorporates a star and represents the struggle for independence from Spain. The flag is known to have been confiscated, though d.
y, FC Barcelona responded to the footage and insisted that “the membership considers that the process for the arrest of one among our followers was disproportionate,” affirming that the membership stays accessible “to supply the arrested fan and his household any assist they might want.”
It continues: “Moreover, FC Barcelona regrets that, as soon as once more, law enforcement officials confiscated Estelades from blaugrana followers. The Estelada is a authorized image and displaying it constitutes a reputable manifestation of the liberty of expression, and can’t be thought-about, by itself, as an incitement of hatred or violence.
“FC Barcelona awaits explanations comparable to the occasions and reserves the best to take actions that it considers match to defend the integrity, the rights, and the liberty of expression of its members and followers, each on the Spotify Camp Nou and at stadiums of rival groups.”
Carles Puigdemont – who served as President of Catalunya in the course of the independence referendum of 2017 and the following constitutional disaster that in the end led to the dissolution of the Catalan Parliament – additionally condemned the violence, that “in a sane society, this may be insupportable.
“Independence comes with a heavy worth to pay – I can clarify that to you from exile – however the price of dependence on Spain is insufferable,” he concluded, referring to the time he spent exiled in Belgium after proclaiming Catalan independence in 2017.
There was no public assertion from the present president of Catalunya, Salvador Illa.
