They gathered by Palma city corridor in Plaça Cort and referred to as on politicians to use justice in addition to braveness in placing an finish to bullfighting, which is a present that “celebrates struggling”. Politicians ought to display solidarity “with essentially the most defenceless – condemned to be tortured to demise“.

The protest was partly in response to the bullfight that might be held in Palma this coming week.

The Balearic authorities tried to ban bullfighting outright, however the laws was dropped after it grew to become clear that it might be dominated unconstitutional. Different laws, which sought to make the holding of bullfights untenable, was referred to the Constitutional Court docket in Madrid, which dominated that key points, equivalent to prohibiting the killing of the bull, had been unconstitutional beneath nationwide legislation.