Category:20S demonstrations

Operació Anubis: As the searches began, crowds gathered outside the buildings being raided by the Spanish Civil Guard; namely the headquarters of the Department of Economy, in Rambla Catalunya, and the Department of External Affairs, in Via Laietana (Barcelona). Civil pro-independence called for "peaceful resistance" in front of buildings being searched. By midday the crowd gathered in Rambla Catalunya forcing the closure of the Gran Via. The demonstrations reached 40,000 people at the evening and the Spanish Civil Guard had to stay inside the building, protected by Mossos d'Esquadra, until the night when the number of people slightly diminished. Later on 20 September multiple protests across Catalonia, were underway; including cacerolazo during the night. Several Spanish cities also organised demonstrations against the police operations.