Press Release Uk

FACEBOOK MOBILISES 10.000 CATALANS TO DEMONSTRATE IN BRUSSELS

Comments on a blog and a later Facebook group propel initiative to march for Catalan self-determination.

5^th March, 2009. London.

10Mil is an initiative created from the very social fabric of Catalonia using Facebook as its platform which seeks to put the Catalan’s long-standing demand for self-determination on the international agenda.

Comments on Professor Enric Canela’s blog, responding to one of his articles, led a social mass to join a group on Facebook. The movement has grown over the past 6 months, culminating in a demonstration which will take place in Brussels on the 7^th of March. Organisers calculate that in excess of 4000 Catalans from all over Europe will join the march in Brussels.

10Mil is not affiliated to any political party, and is a demonstration of the determination and desire of the Catalan people to pursue their right to have their nation officially recognised as an independent European state. Next Saturday “10 thousand Catalans” from all walks of life will be marching on Brussels with one united voice and common call: "We want our own State. We want the Independence of Catalonia".

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Notes to Editors

1. The initiative originated from the citizens' replies that were sent in to an article written in professor Enric I. Canela’s blog, (Head of Bio-Chemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Barcelona).

2. An English dubbed interview with Enric I. Canela is available at: http://212.241.214.167/preview.php?userid=dX9nagRlYQ%3D%3D&iwid=cH5iYQFlbXU%3D

3. The Official Facebook Group for the 10Mil can be found at: http://facebook.10mil.com

4. Further info can be found at: http://catalanstate.blogspot.com/search/label/PRESS%20DOSSIER

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Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further information or would like to request an interview.

Thank you very much.

Kind Regards

Jordi Miquel

Jordi.Miquel@10mil.cat

www.deumil.cat