llucia is glad to be with like-minded protesters.ack in his hometown vic, such a protest would be unthinkable. the town is fiercely in favor of catalan independence. >> things are different there. it's the birthplace of the independence movement. the mood in vic is stanchly pro-independence. along the market square, posters call for the release of political prisoners. and locals still consider carles puigdemontnt, who fled to belgi, to be their president. one of them is raimon casals. he wants independence from spain. many like him have pinned notes calling for secession to this wishing tree. >> i've spotted many notes that are concerned with the country's future. people want independenence anda free, democratic country. >> raimon thinks spain is un-democratic. he works for omnium, a cultural organization that promotes the catalan language and catalan independence. casals co-organized vic's solidarity jail. citizens let themselves get locked up on vic's market square for two hours to express solidarity with incarcerated separatists.

llucia is glad to be with like-minded protesters.ack in his hometown vic, such a protest would be unthinkable. the town is fiercely in favor of catalan independence. >> things are different there. it's the birthplace of the independence movement. the mood in vic is stanchly pro-independence. along the market square, posters call for the release of political prisoners. and locals still consider carles puigdemont, who fled to belgium, to be their president. one of them is raimon casals. he wants independence from spain. many like him have pinned notes calling for secession to this wishing tree. >> i've spotted many notes that are concerned with the country's future. people want independence and a free, democratic country. >> raimon thinks spain is un-democratic. he works for omnium, a cultural organization that promotes the catalan language and catalan independence. casals co-organized vic's solidarity jail. citizens let themselves get locked up on vic's market square for two hours to express solidarity with incarcerated separatists. m