I too lament the episodes of violence last Sunday. It seems that in certain places in Catalonia, the police beat protesters without reason. I hope those cases are investigated, and actions taken. (Ditto about the other incidents: mobs surrounded and threatened the police, insulted and threw objects at them).

Spain has not violated any fundamental human rights last weekend. Public institutions don’t have a right to organise elections or referenda any way they like, whenever they want, about any subject they choose. The fake referendum of last Sunday was flawed both in its content and in its form. I have explained why. That (celebrating an illegal referendum), and only that, is what judges, and the police, were trying to stop last Sunday. As far as I know, no single voter was arrested, or denounced with charges, simply for voting. So, what human right, exactly, was violated, then? The onus is on you to support your claim with specific evidence.

Finally, I don’t get your reasoning about a “militar intervention”. The police (which has nothing to do with the military) is managed by the government, yes — but their actions in Catalonia were prompted and backed by a different branch of the State: the judiciary. That is an independent power, acting according to the law. If what we saw last Sunday was “military intervention”, then the police controlling and screening hooligans before a football match or setting up a roadblock searching for suspected criminals — those are also “military interventions”, according to your criteria.