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BASQUE POLITICAL ACTIVIST SPENDS 75th BIRTHDAY IN JAIL FOR FOUNDING A NEWSPAPER
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Saturday March 13, 2010 16:44 by Inaki Irigocien and Diarmuid Breatnach - Personal capacities
Basque activist sentenced to 12 years for founding a newspaper, reduced to eight years on appeal Jose Luis Elkoro Unamuno, a political activist for Basque self-determination for most of his life, also elected Mayor of his town, jailed for founding the newspaper Egin, which the Spanish state closed down years ago. Even though a court last year declared the closure to have been illegal, Jose Luis remains in a Spanish jail, far from his family and friends. Jose Luis Elkoro Unamuno will turn 75 years of age on the 14th of March. There may be a party for him but if so he won’t be able to attend – he’ll be in a Spanish jail. Jose Luis is currently serving a prison term, sentenced by the special court under Spain’s ‘anti-terror’ laws (this legislation and its implementation have been variously criticised by Amnesty International, by a United Nations committee and by Rapporteurs of the European Union). |
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Jump To Comment: 1Jose-Luis Elkoro no more deserves to be in prison than the man on the moon. He and his fellow defendants' trial was the usual travesty of Spanish justice. Shortly a Basque film with English subtitles will be available which includes parts of their trial, known as 18/98, showing the disgraceful behaviour of the judge. At one point when the defence points out that the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights has ruled that defendants have the right to explain their answers, the judge says, "Independently of what the Strasbourg court says, this court is not interested and does not want to listen to the explanation." For anyone who still holds the notion that Justice is actually dispensed to Basque defendants by Spanish courts, it will be an eye-opener! The film is available in Basque and Spanish through GARA newspaper.