The event explained the situation of the girl Irati and her parents. The three live hundreds of kilometers from Euskal Herria, in Aranjuez prison, with all the risks and inconvenience that the dispersion entails: economic spending, distancing from the nearby environment, risk of accidents on the road... They have denounced that the coronavirus has worsened the conditions of prisoners in general and that it caused special harm to Irati and her family members. Irati was confined to her grandparents, out of prison, and for security reasons, she has stayed two months away from her parents, after suffering a crisis. Now all three are together again. However, by 2021, the child will be three years old: according to the law, children must be separated from their parents and released from prison.

From today's initiative, Irati Gurasoak Euskal Herrira called for Irati and her parents to approach Zaballa prison. They also called for the reform of the Alavesa prison, with the extension of the mixed module to, among other measures, guarantee the rights of children and parents.

More than 100 children with backpacks

More than 100 sons and daughters of Basque political prisoners have one of their parents in prison, and 15 have them in prison. At the time, they denounced that children have to travel hundreds of miles to see their parents, demanding an end to dispersion. Bertsolari Onintza Enbeita, actress Ane Zabala, or clown Porrotx participated in the event.

Porrotx referred to the Onditz Euskal Irrira initiative, a popular initiative that was launched 20 years ago to bring Euskal Herria to the child Onditz and his prey mother. The clown emphasized that after so many years some injustices have not changed and called attendees to fight them: “We Basque prisoners need them now at home. We have to teach our teeth to laugh. By uniting laughter and struggle, we must give a boost to human rights.”