On 7 January they call to fill the streets of Bilbao to reclaim the rights of Basque prisoners
- Under the motto "The Way Home Close", Sare and peacemakers and peacemakers will jointly rally after two years of pandemic inactivity. They will also have to claim “hope for dignity and coexistence”, in addition to the repatriation of Basque prisoners.
On Tuesday, the demonstration on 7 January, reorganized after two years of pandemic, was presented. Sare and Bake Bidea - Peacemakers announce that they will do so together and that they will all meet in Bilbao – Bayona will not have demonstrations, as on previous occasions. Thousands of people will meet in defence of the rights of Basque prisoners and the organisation has announced at a press conference that they will continue to work: “We will make every effort to ensure that the ordinary penitentiary policy is implemented and, ultimately, that the emergency situation that has been implemented so far is brought to an end.”
They stress the importance of “now” the January demonstration: “Now it’s time! Because there are many outstanding goals, and their solution depends on the impetus of the Basque political and trade union majorities, but also fundamentally on social mobilization”. They call mobilization in the afternoon, as in previous years: The departure will be at 17:00 from Autonomy Street in Bilbao to the City Hall. They want to spread the “Message for peace, coexistence and solution” under the motto Camino a Casa cerca. In addition, an event will be held in the Euskalduna Palace in cooperation with different political parties, trade unions and organisations.
End of the policy of remoteness
Networks and Peacemakers stress that in recent years progress has been made in the rights of prisoners and their families. “We are on the threshold of ending one of the rights violations suffered for decades: the end of the removal policy.” They have praised this achievement by recalling that there are still nineteen remote prisoners. They also stress that in the Northern Basque Country they have been included in the “perspective of a new stage” after the conditional release of Ion Parot and Jakes Esnal.
However, they warn that in the French and Spanish States there are “pressure groups” that “have a great interest in perpetuating confrontation and suffering”. They mention the Spanish National Court, which is blocking evictions of prisoners through the Public Prosecutor's Office. The organizers of the massive march in January reaffirm that they will continue to fight until the arrival of all Basque prisoners.
In prisons dependent on the Basque Government, Basque political prisoners have lost a great deal in terms of communication with our family and friends. The number of monthly prefixes is lower and their duration is shorter. So, even if we get closer, we devote less time to the... [+]
Plataforma herritarrak gaur egun arte lortutakoaren balioa nabarmendu du, eta adierazi du gizarteak “bultzada bat” eman behar duela “oraindik erbestean eta deportazioan daudenak” etxeratzeko. Etorkizuneko belaunaldiei gizarte hobeago bat uzteko garrantzia... [+]
Bi edizio baino ez zaizkio geratzen elkartasun jaialdiari. Antolakuntzak iragarri bezala, ohiko jaialdia eginen dute abenduaren 28an, eta 2025eko uztailean lau eguneko jaialdi berezi baten ostean, agur esateko une gazi-gozoa helduko da. Aritz Colio Hatortxuko antolakuntzako... [+]
I've thought if Palestinian children also have this question in their head with our book. How many duels are missing to end the genocide? How many children should Israel kill with the complicity of the states of the world.
Are you going to ask these questions to your mothers? Or... [+]
Badira sei-zazpi urte kartzelan dauden presoek euskara ikasteko duten eskubidea bermatzeko helburuarekin, lanean aritu den euskara-irakasleen sare bat: Presoen Euskara Irakasleen Taldea.
On the occasion of the International Day of Political Prisoners, held on 17 April, the signatories of this paper wish to take advantage of the part of the prominence that corresponds to us on this date to launch some lines.
It is a sign of the existence, conflicts and political... [+]
Sare's participation in the demonstration held on 13 January in Bilbao showed that it was not just one of the events that took place in January for years.
Once again, the desire of Basque society to put an end to the consequences of a confrontation which has caused pain and... [+]
In Euskal Herria, in recent decades, we have made various movements to demand amnesty from the states that impose oppression, both national and social, for those who have suffered repression for independence and socialism, without making differences between the forms of struggle... [+]