- The organizers have stressed that although the map of the dispersion of Basque political prisoners has been reduced, there is still a need for a solidarity festival “until the goal is met”. In addition, another festival is being organized for 29 and 30 July. The festival will be held in the village of Atarrabia in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
This year the Hatortxu Rock festival returns to Atarrabia. Last year they were unable to hold the traditional solidarity festival for the pandemic, but now they have presented the new date for its 25th edition: December 18. Tickets will be sold on October 17 from 20:00 on the website www.hatortxurock.eus and in the coming weeks the groups will be known. Benefits will be used, as always, to “work against dispersion”.
They have announced that, "as far as possible", they have continued to work on the pandemic, as they have seen the need to denounce the policy of dispersion suffered by the relatives of Basque political prisoners and to deal with the "enormous" economic costs that this entails. However, they have recalled the good news that has been given in that period, such as the smaller number of political prisoners and the approaching of many other prisoners to prison. However, Hatortxu Rock's collaborators have stressed that they will continue to work until the nearly 200 people in prison are transferred to their homes.
Two-day festival in summer
At the festival, which will be held in December, the health measures of COVID-19 will be complied with, and accordingly, the possibility of adjustments, always “with responsibility”, has been recognized. Faced with the vacuum created by the pandemic, they have decided to organize a new meeting to balance in summer: on 29 and 30 July they will meet again in Villava, if the state of health allows it.