On August 7, Basque political prisoner Iñaki de Juana Chaos began a hunger strike to demand his right to be released. Iñaki de Juana should have been released on October 25, 2004, after serving his sentence in full and having spent 18 years in jail.
In an attempt to stop his release basis for new accusations were made on two opinion articles the prisoner sentto the daily Gara . It is impossible to find any rational basis in the articles to sustain such charges. Therefore there was a new request for a 96 year prison sentence.
During recent times we have witnessed a brutal initiative supported by the Spanish government and the special antiterrorist court, the Audiencia Nacional, to prevent the release of prisoners who were entitled to immediate release from prison, over and above all basic the principles of law. The Spanish State, for reasons to do with a political revenge, considers that Iñaki de Juana and other political prisoners in a similar situation have not served enough time in jail. Therefore, the Zapatero administration is attempting to instate this situation of de facto life imprisonment against the Basque Political Prisoners' Collective, violating the universal right to release of those who have served their sentences in full.
The Irish Bsque Committees want to call to all groups and people in solidarity, to express their protest to Spanish consulates and embassies and to send their messages to the addresses of the following people, directly responsible for Iñaki de Juana Chaos' situation.
All Ógra Shinn Féin cumainn and activists should treat this life and death issue with the priority it deserves!
*Help save Iñaki's life!*
José Luís Rodríguez ZapateroPresidente del Gobierno EspañolPalacio de la Moncloa,Avda. Puerta de Hierro, s/n.28071 MadridEspañajlrzapatero@presidencia.gob.esFax: 0034 913900217
Carlos Divar BlancoPresidente Audiencia NacionalC/ García Gutiérrez, 128004 MadridEspañaFax: 0034 913973381
Mercedes Gallizo LlamasDirectora General de Instituciones PenitenciariasC/ Alcalá, 38-4028014. MadridEspañaFax: 91 335 40 52
Further information: http://www.irishbasquecommittees.blogspot.com
2 comments:
What was he imprisoned for?
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