Calls for protest at Camp Nou for the minor assaulted by the National Police

BarcelonaThere will be no tribute ceremony at Camp Nou for the world champions with Spain prior to this Thursday's match against Athletic Club (9 p.m., DAZN). "It is neither the appropriate context nor the right time. Football should serve to unite and not to generate confrontations that do not benefit anyone," declared Joan Laporta, before confirming that Barça will replace the congratulation to the World Cup players with an "act of exaltation of the estelada, which represents the way of thinking of many Barça fans and Catalans".

Following the assault on a minor Barça member in Elche by the National Police, the club has taken part in the matter, as have various Catalanist and independentist entities. Before the tribute to the world champions with the Spanish team had been cancelled, the Assemblea Nacional Catalana had already announced that it would distribute ten thousand estelades outside Camp Nou. The entity calls on supporters to fill the stands of Camp Nou with estelades.

The ANC has announced that it will distribute the estelades from 7:30 p.m. at various points around Camp Nou. At 8:15 p.m., a joint march by the ANC, the Plataforma per la Selecció Catalana, and the Assemblea de Joves de Catalunya will depart from the Josep Munté gardens and head towards access 15 of Camp Nou.

Barça will assume the defense of the minor attacked by the police in Elx

The family of the minor supporter assaulted by the National Police before the start of the Elche-Barça match last Sunday has decided to accept the legal coverage offered by Barça. The defense of the case will be handled by the criminal lawyer Marc Molins, as ARA has been able to confirm.

The affected person, who spent the night at the police station and was the subject of multiple injuries and contusions all over his body, faces a charge of assault against authority, which in his case (he is a minor) could lead to a few months of supervised release or community work. However, he has not yet been officially notified by the Juvenile Prosecutor's Office.

Amnesty International regrets "the excessive use of force" against a minor who is a member of Barça

Amnesty International has regretted this Thursday the "excessive use of force" by the National Police against a minor for wearing an estelada. In a statement, the human rights entity has valued the internal investigation opened, but has demanded an external one that "determines responsibilities".

On the eve of the Elx-Barça match on Sunday, a minor member was brutally assaulted by the Spanish police for wearing an estelada. Amnesty International recalls that "displaying an estelada is freedom of expression" and that "hitting a person's head when they have already been subdued is not justified in any case". At the same time, it maintains that showing the estelada "does not constitute an incitement to violence" or "hatred" and asks "that it be protected" to wear and wave it, and that "its display be permitted in future matches".

"The images show several baton blows to two young men who had not used violence," emphasizes the entity, which points out that one even "receives an elbow to the face". "It is an excessive use of force not compatible with international standards," it states.