At least six protesters were arrested and three more were injured on Sunday during the seventh consecutive day of protests, which broke out in Spain's semi-autonomous Catalonia region, following the jailing of Catalan separatist leaders, media reported

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Monday that Western media and politicians should avoid applying double standards in relation to the ongoing protests and violence in Hong Kong and Europe, noting that the protests in Catalonia and London were the internal affairs of their respective governments

Spain's acting Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, plans to travel to Barcelona on Monday to visit the law enforcement agents who were injured in the ongoing violent protests in the semi-autonomous Catalonia region

Violent clashes escalated in Barcelona late Friday, as radical Catalan separatists hurled rocks and fireworks at police, who responded with teargas and rubber bullets, turning the city centre into a chaotic battleground

More than 50 people were detained since yesterday across the Catalonia autonomous region of Spain as the general strike grew into public unrest and clashes with police, the local law enforcement said on Saturday

The consideration of the case of former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont in connection with the warrant issued by Spain for his arrest is scheduled for October 29, Brussels prosecutor's office said Friday

Barcelona as well other Catalan cities, such as Girona and Tarragona, are under high pressure from pro-independence demonstrators every evening since the former Catalan government ministers were given sentences over the unilateral declaration of independence