Millions Protest in Barcelona for Catalonia's Independence

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About a million protesters rallied along Barcelona’s main street to demand independence from the Spanish government for the Catalonia Region on Tuesday, according to police.

Protesters waving Catalan flags and wearing pink shirts with the slogan “Let’s make the Catalan Republic” turned the city’s Diagonal Avenue into a sea of pink.

Pro-Independence demonstrators fill-up La Diagonal, one Barcelona's main avenues, during the Catalan National Day in

Regional leader Quim Torra encouraged people earlier this week to march on the region’s national holiday to protest the imprisonment of separatist leaders who implemented a secession referendum last October that led the regional parliament to declare independence a year ago.

Spain has remained in control of the wealthy northwestern region despite the declaration, prosecuting and imprisoning many of the political figures that made it happen.