The demonstration for the release of the Catalan political prisoners has been picked up by some of the largest media organisations internationally, and the hashtag #Freedom11N has been trending on Twitter. US news channel CNN, in their international news bulletin, had a live feed of the demonstration at 7:30pm local time. The lower third read: "Huge crowd rallies for release of Catalan separatists".
La CNN Internacional pincha la señal en directo con Barcelona en los titulares del mundo de las 19:30h para mostrar la gigantesca manifestación por la #Llibertatpresospolitics.
— Juan Miguel Garrido (@Juanmi_News) 11 de novembre de 2017
Rótulo: "Huge crowd rallies for release of catalan separatists".#freedom11N #Catalonia #Catalunya pic.twitter.com/uPfHku2kDr
UK news channel Sky News also had a live feed in their broadcast, a report which included part of their interview with president Puigdemont. The journalist described "people saying, very firmly, that their beliefs are not being respected". The international channel of Turkish broadcaster TRT also broadcast part of the demonstration live.
Sky News abre su amplia cobertura sobre la manifestación #Llibertatpresospolitics de Barcelona con un plano brutal centrado en una pancarta con las imágenes de Jordis Sánchez y Cuixart, donde se lee "llibertat Jordis". #freedom11N #Catalonia #Catalunya #demonstration #11N pic.twitter.com/opI4cpW2rL
— Juan Miguel Garrido (@Juanmi_News) 11 de novembre de 2017
La cadena internacional TRT World también pincha la señal en directo con Barcelona para mostrar la manifestación #Llibertatpresospolitics en los titulares del mundo de su informativo de las 19:30h.#Freedom11N #Catalonia #Catalunya #11N #Demonstration #protest pic.twitter.com/izbdiJQjaR
— Juan Miguel Garrido (@Juanmi_News) 11 de novembre de 2017
International news agencies, like Agence France-Presse, have also reported on today's protest in the streets of Barcelona, which attracted some 750,000 protesters according to the city's Urban Guard.
Mass protest in Barcelona demands freedom for Catalan leaders #AFP
— AFP Photo (@AFPphoto) 11 de novembre de 2017
Josep Lago pic.twitter.com/9S2Mb6UXvu
Other media outlets have also covered the event, like Euronews, French news channel BFMTV, and Germany's public international broadcaster Deutsche Welle, who opened their 8pm news with the Barcelona demonstration.
Pro-independence supporters march in Barcelona https://t.co/fH40shhOdy pic.twitter.com/MLe2abzmN4
— euronews (@euronews) 11 de novembre de 2017
Catalogne: 750.000 manifestants dans les rues de Barcelone pour la libération des indépendantistes https://t.co/1BToq9NvyD pic.twitter.com/x1zlCAWIk3
— BFMTV (@BFMTV) 11 de novembre de 2017
Translation: Catalonia: 750,000 protesters in the streets of Barcelona for the release of the independence supporters
La TV de Alemania 'Deutsche Welle", que trata noticias del mundo, abre directamente en portada de su informativo de las 20h con la manifestación por la #Llibertatpresospolitics de Barcelona.#Freedom11N #Catalonia #Catalunya #Katalonien #DW #Demonstration #11N pic.twitter.com/DZJEmdYPql
— Juan Miguel Garrido (@Juanmi_News) 11 de novembre de 2017
The BBC, meanwhile, published a long report minutes after the demonstration ended, including comments made today by Barcelona's mayor, Ada Colau, to her own party before she attended the rally, saying that leaders of the independence movement had "tricked the population for their own interests", "they've provoked tensions and carried out a unilateral independence declaration which the majority do not want". Agence France-Presse's Spanish language service also covered Colau's remarks in a piece entitled "The mayor of Barcelona accuses Puigdemont of leading Catalonia 'to disaster'".