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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - linguistic discrimination]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[A cinema refuses to process a reservation from a school because the teacher communicated in Valencian.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/languages/cinema-denies-access-to-high-school-students-because-the-teacher-communicated-in-valencian_1_5647013.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/452bf089-2875-4b75-8be3-0de311b45b7a_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x4349y563.jpg" /></p><p>The Yelmo Campanar cinemas in Valencia refused to process a film reservation for a group of students because the teacher who requested the tickets addressed the company in Valencian and refused to switch languages, despite repeated requests from cinema staff. This was reported on January 28th by the school council of the Benicalap neighborhood high school in a statement, and the story was first reported by the newspaper on Thursday. <em>Levant</em></p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:35:04 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Julio Peña and Alessandro Borrghi in 'The Captive']]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The company maintains that it requested the language change "politely" with the sole objective of "ensuring smooth and error-free communication."]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[A patient was denied psychiatric treatment because she requested it in Catalan.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/languages/patient-was-denied-psychiatric-treatment-because-she-requested-it-in-catalan_1_5636095.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/bc6b1ce0-b695-4150-bea0-5dea7de285dc_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>After suffering a suicidal crisis, in February 2024 a patient was referred from the public healthcare system to the Córcega Passage Day Hospital in Barcelona, ​​managed by the CPB Foundation, to continue her treatment. In the first session, she requested to have therapy sessions in Catalan, but after two days she found that the nurse attending to her was speaking in Spanish and said he didn't feel "comfortable" switching languages. When the patient complained, the psychiatrist told her that she couldn't ask the center's staff to speak Catalan and, therefore, they couldn't guarantee her treatment would be conducted entirely in Catalan. She told her to consider whether she was "able to prioritize treatment over that [referring to Catalan]; if not, we must stop the process," she added. She even compared the desire to be treated in Catalan to problematic behaviors that are not acceptable for continuing treatment, such as drug use or self-harm.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[L. Serra]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:00:24 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The psychiatry ward of the Germans Trias Hospital resembles an ordinary ward.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The Catalan Health Service (Salut) acknowledges discrimination and sanctions the CPB Day Hospital in Barcelona for failing to guarantee comprehensive care in the patient's language.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Two Amazon workers force a truck driver to speak Spanish to unload the truck.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/languages/two-amazon-workers-force-truck-driver-to-speak-spanish-to-unload-the-truck_1_5523432.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/b9255356-009a-471a-bcc8-2c749294610b_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The Platform for Language has revealed a linguistic discrimination between two Mossos d'Esquadra officers at the Amazon warehouse in the Zona Franca (Free Trade Zone) and a transport driver. Both workers refused to unload the truck if the driver didn't speak to them in Spanish, arguing that it's not true that Catalan is mandatory in Catalonia. The transport driver tried to maintain Catalan until he saw the conflict escalating and needed to abandon the load or risk losing his company €10,000. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:43:51 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Workers packing products at the Amazon distribution center in El Prat de Llobregat.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The Platform for Language reports that the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) told them: "Catalan is spoken here."]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Complaints about linguistic discrimination against doctors are on the way to a new record.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/languages/complaints-about-linguistic-discrimination-against-doctors-are-the-way-to-new-record_1_5451797.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/7b3dd1b8-f52c-4742-adce-b4c382c1c8a7_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Despite <a href="https://en.ara.cat/languages/controversy-over-catalanophobic-display-at-barcelona-city-council-event_1_5439910.html" target="_blank">theatrical gags about doctors</a> For those who only speak and write medical reports in Catalan, the reality is very different: the Catalan Health Service (CatSalut) announced this Tuesday a sustained increase in complaints of linguistic discrimination in healthcare centers. While in 2024 they reached 358 per year, in 2025 they are already 179 until July alone; therefore, on the way to a new record year after year.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Serra]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:25:08 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[File image of the pediatric emergency department at the Manso Hospital.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Only a third of healthcare workers who sign up for Catalan courses finish them.]]></subtitle>
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