madrid is quote choosing repression over dialogue that after jailing two leaders of the quetta one separatist movement and a sedition probe thousands of protesters have been taking to the streets in barcelona tonight calling for their release the spanish government warned catalonia that it must revoke its declaration of independence or face direct rule from madrid earlier a kettle on government spokesman said that the autonomous region will stand by its decision but. are for now we want to go to los rambus in barcelona that s where our correspondent barbara vigil is following developments for us tonight good evening to you barbara so the arrest of these two separatist leaders it has really inflamed the situation there hasn t. really because it s been relatively quiet throughout the week and it was like a standoff situation every side was looking at the other and waiting what they
we don t know this so far as independence movement all of us stresses that we are completely peaceful we want negotiations we want independence and if on thursday after ten o clock after the deadline runs out it s not true then sends in the state police if they maybe even send in troops and troops already in the harbor you also known then things could really get nasty very quickly because emotions are running high here and people feel that really something bad has been done to them they say you know spain is losing its democratic values since those two independence leaders are in jail and so nothing can be said at the moment that this will really stay clients or those who are funded barbara fazel joining us tonight in barcelona reporting on renewed volatility there between catalonia and the spanish government barbara thank you very much. art in football news no it was