Catalans unite for protest after police crackdown

Protesters in Barcelona hold a Catalan flag

Protesters in Barcelona hold a Catalan flag Source: AAP

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Hundreds of thousands of people have demonstrated in Catalonia after Spain's police crackdown on the independence referendum the government had banned.

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