Protesters hold pro-referendum posters reading 'Vote to be free' and "democracy is not a crime". Spanish Civil Guard police have arrested several Catalan government ministries in an attempt to stop the region's independence referendum on October 1, which has been deemed illegal by the Spanish government in Madrid.

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