- They have denounced that in recent decades the main actions of the armed forces of the two states have been repression and oppression, and have stressed that their presence is not necessary. Fan Hemen Eguna will be held on 22 June in Oñati.
On June 22, Fan Hemen’s day will be held in Oñati. Different acts will be carried out to denounce the presence of the armed and police forces of Spain and France in Euskal Herria. Although it is not the same activity as at the time of armed confrontation, they denounce that the Basque Country is still the most militarized territory and with the most armed forces per inhabitant throughout Europe.
Oñati is one of the municipalities of the Basque Country with a Civil Guard headquarters. Fan Hemendik members say that on 25 June it is 34 years since the Civil Guard’s assassination of the oñatiarra Susana Arrangi in Lumbier. They stress that their presence “has no other justification than to guarantee the repression and unity of the imprisonments by force” and call for Oñati to be a town without a barracks.
June programme
Fan Hemendik has organised several activities in Oñati throughout the month. On Thursday, June 6, the plazoleta Goiena welcomed the mural painting and the pintxos pot. On 11 June the conference “Torture in Euskal Herria” will be held at the Casa de Cultura and on 20 June a pintxos boat will be held with the concert of group 112. Finally, on June 22nd there will be the Fan Hemen Eguna, at 12:00 hours there will be an enlivened poteo, at 15:00 popular food and at 18:00 there will be a demonstration.