The platform that unites fifteen associations of victims of state violence has denounced the “revictimization” and “discrimination” they suffer compared to “other victims”.
The Memoria Osoa platform, which brings together fifteen associations of victims of state violence, has called for the recognition of each of the victims caused “by state violence,” in addition to the “damage caused,” and that “the responsibilities” be resolved. policies derived from the crimes committed against them and their families.
During an event at the Artium in Vitoria-Gasteiz, they denounced the “renewed victimization” and “discrimination” they suffer against “other victims”, referring to the event on the occasion of the festival of the Virgin of Pilar. , patron saint of the Civil Guard, who has been transferred from the Sansomendi Barracks to Plaza Nueva.
On behalf of the collective, Amaia Urizar has accused the mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz, the socialist Maider Etxebarria, of offering the city’s central square to a corps that “tortured”.
According to him, representatives are not allowed to ‘praise’ their ‘torturers’. “We also owe respect and recognition. Acts like today’s in Gasteiz Town Hall Square do not help our reparations,” he added.
In the same line, Axun Lasathe sister of Joxean Lasa, – kidnapped, tortured and murdered by the GAL in 1983 together with Joxi Zabala – has sent a message to those who today ‘appeal to a supposed democratic normalization to justify the indecent act of money laundering’ of their ‘ victims’. .” “.
“Democratic normalization is something we have longed for for years, but it requires as a starting point the recognition of the damage done and every victim caused by state violence,” he stated.
In this sense, he has demanded that the political responsibilities arising from “the crimes committed against the victims of state violence” be cleared. At the same time, he has reached out to build a ‘democratic coexistence’ based on these parameters.
Source: EITB
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