dozens of catalan organizations and entities condemned the jailing of catalan officials and made calls to respect ""democracy and freedom of speech"" in catalonia and asked all citizens to ""defend catalan institutions"". those entities included all catalan public universities (ub, uab, udg, upf, udl, urv, upc, uoc), the biggest catalan workers and students unions including ccoo and ugt, sport clubs like fc barcelona and girona fc, more than 20 professional associations, the confederation of neighborhood associations of catalonia, ngo's like fundipau, music festivals like primavera sound and cultural organizations like fundació antoni tàpies.