"The Spanish Government must bring all the prisoners to Zaballa, we ask him to do so quickly and responsibly."
- The Etxerat Association has held its 18th edition. This Sunday the Ordinary National Assembly of the Association of Basque Municipalities was held in Vitoria-Gasteiz. The central focus of its work in the coming months will be to achieve the deactivation of emergency penitentiary policies. To do so, they will use information, testimony and denunciation as tools, giving priority to the distancing and extreme situation suffered by sick prisoners.
"It has been a year since the family and friends of the Basque political prisoners met at the National Assembly held in Tolosa, nine months since the new Spanish Government announced the change in prison policy, and there is still a part of the balance that occupies its full weight. Needless to say, we are talking about the suffering of us and our family members in prison and exile," said the association's spokesman, Patricia Vélez.
During this time, a Basque prisoner has died in prison; almost all seriously ill prisoners remain in first grade and in distant jails, without the possibility of adequate treatment; three of the four prisoners sentenced in the French State to life imprisonment are still in prison despite compliance with the rules for obtaining parole.
On the other hand, 24 family members have suffered traffic accidents due to the risk of getting away from the road, among which the presence of a baby stands out. ETXERAT will work on this course to promote the social and institutional recognition of those killed by dispersion.
"The Government of Spain must bring all the prisoners to Zaballa and we ask him to take that step quickly and responsibly, as quickly and responsibly as he did 30 years ago. Within two months, he dispersed and alienated more than 600 Basque prisoners, sending them to prisons in the peninsula, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla. In addition, ETXERAT stresses the need to resolve the situation faced by exiles and deportees in order to return home."
The approaches taken are not sufficient
The Spanish Government has transferred a total of 24 prisoners (8.5 per cent) to prisons close to Euskal Herria, where they remain in detention. Technically, it has brought them closer, but this step is not enough for the Etxerat association. "We still have to make weekly trips of between 500 and 2,000 kilometers, putting our lives at risk. There is no legal or material pretext to prevent the transfer of Basque prisoners to Zaballa."
"Our commitment is to the future of this country, with no more absences and no more pain. Our hand is stretched to help resolve the political conflict, to build coexistence and to recognize suffering, so that it never happens again," said Velez.
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