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Bilbao saw last Saturday one of the largets demonstrations of the last years. More than 37,000 people responded to the Basque political prisoners' relatives call and demonstrated in the streets of the Basque city in favour of their repatriation. The majority of Basque trade unions, left pro-independence parties and social organization representatives joined forces at this time. The pictures of the 764 Basque prisoners opened the demonstration and behind them banners with the main demands followed. "No to death penalty!", "No to life imprisonment!", "Basque prisoners to the Basque Country with all their rights!". The suffering of the Palestinian people was remembered in many ocasions along the march and a Palestinian exile waved a flag from the stage. Some prisoners' relatives spoke from the stage and made clear that despite the Spanish and French governments efforts to annihilate their love ones in prison they will never let them alone. |