How Catalan protest tactics are inspired by Hong Kong

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From blocking airports to using encrypted messaging apps, Catalan separatists demonstrating against the jailing of nine of their leaders are ...

MADRID: From blocking airports to using encrypted messaging apps, Catalan separatists demonstrating against the jailing of nine of their leaders are openly copying tactics devised by protestors in Hong Kong.

While few protestors managed to enter the terminal, some 10,000 people gathered outside, preventing airline crew from getting to work and forcing the cancellation over 100 flights.Democratic Tsunami ended one of its messages with the hash-tag #BeWater, the slogan for a protest strategy born in Hong Kong based on speed and unpredictability.

The use of Russian-designed messaging app Telegram by Catalan separatists was"directly" copied from the Hong Kong protests, said a member of Catalan separatist group"Picnic for the Republic" which blocked access to Barcelona's iconic Sagrada Familia basilica on Friday. He spoke on the condition that he not be named.

An info-graphic explaining what positions to adopt to protect yourself from police water cannons shared on social media by Catalans separatists still had instructions written in Chinese.

 

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