Don't Extradite the Basques Rally – Bígí Linn!

Show your support – Rally outside court

Thursday November 12th @ 1pm
Laganside Courts, Belfast

Speaker: Michael Culbert



The Don't Extradite the Basques Campaign is urging supporters to show their solidarity with the two Belfast-based Basque activists, Iñaki de Juana and Arturo Beñat Villanueva, who are facing extradition charges brought by the Spanish authorities.

A support rally will be held outside court the day Iñaki de Juana's extradition hearing begins, Thursday November 12.

The Spanish authorities are trying to extradite Iñaki, who served 21 years in Spanish jails, from Belfast, where he moved immediately after his release in August last year, to face questioning related to charges of “glorifying terrorism”.

The arrest warrant is based on somebody at a rally in Donostia last August, which was celebrating Iñaki's release from prison, reading a letter that used the popular Basque expression “Aurrera bolie” (“Kick the ball forward”). The Spanish authorities claim this phrase constitutes a call for the continuation of armed struggle.

Iñaki was not present at this rally and denies writing such a letter, which Spanish police admit they cannot produce. There is no evidence that this comment was Iñaki's or that it somehow constitutes a terrorist offence.

Iñaki de Juana and Arturo Beñat Villanueva are clearly being persecuted solely for their political opinions, not for any criminal activity, and we believe they will not receive a fair hearing with the Spanish judicial system.

Come along on November 12 and show your support.


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