Barcelona is angrily at the banning of Blaugrana fans from flying the “estelada” Catalan nationalist flags at Sunday’s Copa del Rey final against Sevilla in Madrid.

According to ESPN, the club says its fans’ “freedom of expression” is being denied.

Spain’s “King’s Cup” final is often a scene of political protest, such as when Barca and Athletic Bilbao fans loudly whistled the national anthem and King Felipe VI at the Camp Nou last year.

Authorities in the Spanish capital have decided to clamp down on such possible behaviour ahead of the 2016 final, being played at Atletico Madrid’s Estadio Vicente Calderon, with government delegate Concepcion Dancausa invoking a law against symbols or banners that “incite, foment or support violent or terrorist behaviour.”

Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont and Barcelona mayor Ada Colau have both said they will not attend the final in protest.

Barca has issued an official statement reacting to the government’s ruling, saying such actions were an attack on their fans’ universal and fundamental human rights.

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