this is the reason Julian Assange was taken offline.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/04/01/did-ecuador-gag-julian-assange-for-interference-in-spain-and-the-us/

This is what is happening in Catalonia now.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-31/catalonia-s-divided-separatists-offer-sanchez-chance-of-progress