Sare and Etxerat have denounced that “exceptional measures and violations of rights that impede detainees’ way home remain the norm”.
Sare and Etxerat organized a demonstration in Vitoria-Gasteiz on August 5, which coincides with the big holiday in the capital Alava, to demand once again the end of the “exceptional” measures applied to prisoners who were among the prisoners in their time belonged. to ETA, for whom both groups request treatment in accordance with ordinary law, without “privileges”, but also without “impediments” to their rehabilitation.
Both groups, committed to defending the rights of the defunct armed organization’s detainees, have appeared before the media in Vitoria-Gasteiz to warn that “overcoming the distancing policy does not mean the end of rights violations of the Basque prisoners.” “.
For example, they have denounced that “the exceptional measures and the violations of rights that hinder the way home [de los reclusos] they remain the norm.” “The attacks from the prosecution and the national court are constant,” they have criticized attitudes that both entities have attributed to the desire for “revenge” of those who “try to frustrate and perpetuate the solution this city in the past”.
As an example of these situations, they cited the “grade regressions” observed for certain detainees in recent months. “We are not asking for any privilege: it is time to deactivate the exception, apply the ordinary law and stop obstructing the path that rightfully corresponds to them,” they explained.
“We want them at home; that is why it is so important to make this claim visible on the street and to claim aloud that in order to take steps on the path of coexistence, we must offer a solution to the question of the Basque prisoners, exiles and deportees,” added.
Both entities have called on the public to participate in the demonstration that, under the motto ‘Etxera’ (‘Home’), will take place on August 5 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, from 8 p.m. the White Virgin.
Source: EITB
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