Thirty years ago, in Lausanne, Barcelona was choosen as the organizer city of the Olympic Games. In 1992, the city organized one of the most beautiful shows of the history and citizens are still very proud of it.Perhaps, foreign people remember the Open and Closure Cerimonies, Cobi, Petra, the American Dream Team with the NBA players or the Official Anthem with Sarah Brightman and Josep Carreras but there was another story about these games, a story of repression, a story of police control over the population and a story abuot some citizens who were tortured because of their ideology. This is a sad black story that will never appear in the History books but people who lived in suburbs with a great presence of social movements remember clearly nowadays.
Today, The Grandma has wanted to write this short post to remember and honor those neighbours who suffered the violence of some judicial and security forces which, we suppose, exist to serve and protect.
More information: Barcelona Olímpica
The purpose of torture is not getting information. It's spreading fear.
Eduardo Galeano
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