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Conference about the Basque Country (Euskal Herria) in Brussels: Brussels hosts an event which criticizes police activities and demands a democratic process on Madrid 12. November 2008 | Iker Bizkarguenaga, GARA
In the conference room A1G-3 of the European Parliament in Brussels, one could hear yesterday
questions like:
"How can a settlement be found if a very important group of the Basque society is excluded?"
Foto: Raymond Kendall and Brian Currin, members of the International Initiative for Peace and Dialog
in the Basque Country
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33/01 Case against Gestoras Pro-Amnistia-Askatasuna Basque Country, April 2008 | Julen Arzuaga, coordinator of the human rights organisation Behatokia, website >> , defendant in the case Gestoras pro Amnistía - Askatasuna
Description of the case
Repression against the Basque People, conducted by the Spanish State and -
to a lesser degree- by the French State has been constant in recent years.
It is easy to trace a continuous line throughout the last decades that can
show us the persistence of torture, massive and arbitrary detentions, a
penitentiary policy with terrible consequences, banned associations and
organizations, closure of media, outlawing of political parties and total
discrimination from public life against a section of the population. To sum
up, an exceptional situation that has generated a dangerous scenario of
suppression of the most basic political and civil rights, a scenario that
can now be seen in all its brutality.
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Spain could learn lessons from Irish conflict February 28, 2008 | Jim Gibney, Irish News
They put a hood over my head. They beat me up. They hit me in the testicles a lot. One of them cocked a gun and put it to my head. One of them put a plastic bag over my head. Every so often he would close it putting his hands around my neck causing me to suffocate. They tied me to a foam mattress and they put my head inside freezing water.This is an extract from a statement made by Gorka Lupianez a young Basque nationalist following his arrest by the Spanish police last December. read more >>
"Hautsitako Leihoa - the broken window" - an ordinary day in the Basque Country February 4, 2008 | Cristina Maristany, Writer, in GARA,February 2, 2008 (Spanish language): read more >>
Recently, I saw a very interesting documentary. It was produced already five years ago, but was now shown for the
first time. More than ever up to date. The film is called «Hautsitako Leihoa» (broken window), its directors are
Eñaut Toulouse and Hammudi al-Rahmoun and it's produced by ESCAC (School of Cinema de Catalunya).
The film tells the story of an ordinary day in the Basque Country. Congratulations to the producers from Escándalo
for their courage. The film is wonderful and necessary.
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Spanish Police arrests further leading members of the Basque Independence Movement February 4, 2008 | Uschi Grandel
Pernando Barrena, Patxi Urrutia (both on the right hand side of the foto) and Unai Fano were arrested on Monday, 4. February 2008 on the orders of the judge
Garzon.
All three men are well known political activists of the Basque Independence Movement.
The allegations are "membership in a terrorist group, repeated criminal activities
and ongoing activities in the name of Batasuna (who was banned 2003)".
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Amnesty International demands an independent investigation into the case of Igor Portu 13. January 2008 | Uschi Grandel 7. January 2008: the day after his arrest by Guardia Civil a young man had to be taken to the intensive care unit of a hospital with serious signs of torture
Two young men from the Basque town Lesaka, Igor Portu Juanena and Mattin Sarasola, were arrested in Arrasate on Sunday,
Januar 6, 2008 by the (Spanish paramilitary police) Guardia Civil.
One of the men, Igor Portu Juanena, had to be taken to the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital Donostia (San Sebastian) today.
He is in serious conditions with two broken ribs and a lung perforation. He has bruises all over his body and has blood
in his left eye. Since yesterday he has been held incommunicado (i.e. without any contact to the outer world)
by the Guardia Civil. The pro-amnesty movement has appealed to assemble today at 18.00 at the entrance of the
Hospital in Donostia.
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