Basque political prisoners Jesús Mari Altable and Josu Urbieta are on the street
- Altable left Pamplona prison on Monday after 27 years in prison. The Azpeitiarra Josu Urbieta left Mont de Marsan prison on Saturday after twelve years.
“The Pamplona political prisoner Jesús Mari Altable Etxarte has been released. He has just left Pamplona prison after 27 and a half years in prison,” reports the Etxerat association. The chantran ‘Txuma’, Jesús Mari Altable, waited for family and friends at the jail door.
Altable was arrested in 1994 by the French Police, along with Alavés Alberto López de la Calle, who is still in prison. In 1999, France gave Spain a hunger strike. He has known several prisons and in the Pamplona prison since 2021.
Josu Urbieta also free
On Saturday, Josu Urbieta Alkorta, a Basque political prisoner in Azpeitia, regained freedom after twelve years in prison. He was in Mont de Marsan's French prison and after being expelled from the French State he was released.
Just as we experienced the flourishing of the Basque Country with the help of the artists, so that this time, taking advantage of their impulses, we continue to make our way together giving the necessary support to the Basque political prisoners, exiles and deportees
The... [+]
Jar gaitezen 2025erako proposamen politiko gisa, Espainiako Auzitegi Kolonialaren (AN) epai guztiak berrikusten hasteko eta makila bakoitzak bere belari eusteko.
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What surprised you the most when you left jail? I've been asked many times in the last year and a half.
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