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Basque Country ETA prisoner demonstrations

Overview

During the Aste Nagusia festivities in Bilbao, the Sare platform and local groups organized demonstrations to advocate for ETA prisoners, exiles, and deportees.

Organizers called for an end to a penitentiary policy they described as being based on ‘exceptionality and revenge,’ urging that prisoners ‘return home’ to overcome the consequences of the conflict. The marchers sought legal exemptions to transition prisoners from closed regimes to open ones, carrying banners with the slogan ‘Helmuga, denak etxera’ (Destination, everyone home).

Victims' organizations, including Covite and Fundación Buesa, criticized the campaigns, stating that those imprisoned were convicted for acts such as murder, kidnapping, injury, and extortion rather than for their ideas.

Entities

Sare · ETA · Bilbao · Sare · Covite

Timeline

  1. 14 days ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources
    Bilbao protesters call for end to prisoner and exile issue

    A demonstration in Bilbao, organized by Sarek and local groups, called for an end to the issue of prisoners, exiles, and deportees during the Aste Nagusia festivities.

  2. 15 days ago

    [POLITICS] 6 sources
    Sare organizes demonstration for ETA prisoners during Aste Nagusia

    The platform Sare has called for a demonstration during Aste Nagusia to demand the release of ETA prisoners, facing criticism from victims' organizations like Covite.

Sources

capital.es · centre-cerlatez.ch · cronicavasca.elespanol.com · diariodenavarra.es · eldiario.es · gara.net · naiz.eus · presos.org.es