20110819 Spanish riot police charge against laica demonstration, Madrid { 10 images } Created 20 Aug 2011
A protest march run around central Madrid late August 19, 2011 against a visit by Pope Benedict XVI and police violence during previous demonstrations, after the pontiff presided over a service a few hundred metres away. The activists were angry over the cost of the World Youth Day celebrations led by the pope, and over police crackdowns on their previous demonstrations.