Catalonia referendum: Thousands turn out for closing rally

Tens of heaps of people have became out in Barcelona for the last rally in the marketing campaign for Catalonia's banned independence referendum.
Supporters of the ballot  are determined to vote on Sunday in the teeth of opposition from Spain's authorities.
hundreds of extra police were drafted in from throughout Spain as the authorities seeks to forestall the ballot .
Google has deleted a telephone app being used to direct voters to polling stations from its store.
phone users inside the place who try and download the app from Google Play get a message saying it isn't always available domestically despite the fact that folks that have already got the app can nonetheless use it.
The enterprise stated it turned into complying with a court order.
Catalonia, a rich region of seven.5 million human beings in north-japanese Spain has its personal language and lifestyle, and a high diploma of autonomy, however isn't always acknowledged as a separate country underneath the Spanish charter.



stress for a vote on self-dedication has grown over the last five years however in the 2015 local election, gained by using an alliance of seasoned-independence parties, approximately forty% of electorate sponsored parties dependable to Spain.
Will the vote truly happen?
Police across Catalonia had been ordered to prevent public buildings getting used as polling stations on Sunday.
masses of referendum substances had been confiscated via police in latest weeks and officials worried in strolling the campaign face prosecution.
however, the Catalan authorities said on Friday it deliberate to open more than 2,000 polling stations regardless.
hundreds of referendum substances were confiscated with the aid of police in recent weeks and officers worried in running the campaign face prosecution.
but, the Catalan authorities stated on Friday it planned to open extra than 2,000 polling stations regardless.



Why is Madrid so adverse?
Spanish top Minister Mariano Rajoy stared down Catalan secessionists when they held an ordeal referendum in 2014, imparting no concessions to their call for for a prison vote.
He has pledged to stop the 2017 vote, saying it goes against the charter which refers to "the indissoluble solidarity of the Spanish country, the not unusual and indivisible place of origin of all Spaniards".

Spanish unionists argue Catalonia already enjoys extensive autonomy inside Spain, along with other areas just like the Basque usa and Galicia.
government spokesman Iñigo Mendez de Vigo accused the Catalan authorities of being rigid and one-sided however it's far a rate Catalan nationalists throw back at Madrid itself.
In different trends on Friday:
masses, if no longer lots, of tractors have been driven into Barcelona and different towns to behave as defensive obstacles around polling stations
restrictions have been introduced on industrial mild aircraft and helicopters flying over Barcelona this weekend to prevent activists trailing banners, according to neighborhood media
Referendum activists occupied schools across Catalonia in a flow to keep them open for the vote

in spite of the anxiety within the vicinity, demonstrations by using independence campaigners were in large part non violent.
"I do not accept as true with there might be everybody who will use violence or who will want to provoke violence so one can tarnish the irreproachable photo of the Catalan independence movement as pacifist," Mr Puigdemont stated.