March 3 calls for "recognition of the responsibility of the Kingdom of Spain for the events of 1976"
The March 3 Association has asked the State for "an official statement denying the official Franco version and acknowledging that the Kingdom of Spain is responsible for the criminal activity of the police", referring to the police attack in 1976 at the San Francisco church in the Zaramaga district of Vitoria-Gasteiz that killed five people and injured nearly a hundred.
The March 3 Victims Collective regrets that "no state has taken a step to establish responsibility." This Saturday a moving and vindictive tribute was made in the Alavesa capital, and inthe last 50 years has been praised "those who have kept the flame alive."
During the event, the spokespersons for the association, Nerea Martínez and Leire Manzanos, read a text in which they called for "justice" for the five workers killed in the "police massacre"; Francisco Aznar, Romualdo Barroso, José Castillo, Pedro Mari Martínez and Bienvenido Perea; as well as for Juan Gabriel Rodrigo and Vicente Antón Ferrero, who were killed, respectively.
They have also reminded all those injured, repressed and imprisoned after the crimes in Vitoria, as a tribute, but also as a denunciation, denouncing the "unbearable model of impunity in Spain".
The association has had words of thanks for "the people of Vitoria" who have managed to "reverse the official version by facing all the difficulties imaginable", "calling for the word justice after five decades of impunity".
"Institutional abandonment"
The March 3 Association has denounced that power "led to oblivion" of the victims mentioned and has stated that "many silenced and consented to it, but some maintained it, in the darkest years, continuously and with commitment." On the contrary, it has stated that today March 3 has become a "meeting point" and that everyone wants to "be in the picture." "It has not always been so, we know it and you know it." The group has criticized that "institutions have arrived with decades of backwardness."
The association has said that it will not miss the opportunity to tell its story "from 1976, but also from this long journey of half a century against impunity . "" If we have come this far and will continue to move forward, it is certainly because of those who have managed to keep the memory of the people of Vitoria alive, "he said.
The March 3 Victims Association appreciates the "loudspeaker" given to it by the Bloody Sunday Trust Irish platform, founded in 1972 in memory of 14 people killed by police in Derry. Bloody Sunday managed to get the British Government to take responsibility for the massacre.
The event was attended by institutional representatives, including the Counsellor for Justice and Human Rights, María Jesús San José, and the director of the Gogora Institute, Alberto Alonso, as well as the leader of EH Bildu in the Basque Parliament, Pello Otxandiano, and representatives of the PSE, PNV and Elkarrekin coalition.
You might like
Cases of gender-based violence during pregnancy can be identified through health consultations
During pregnancy, women have a close relationship with the health system: they have consultations with midwife, gynaecologist and nurse. As could be the key to identifying situations of gender-based violence. Anternational experts in San Sebastian have called for a coordinated response from the health and social spheres in the summer course on Violence and Motherhood.
Painted against Basque footballer Einar Galilea appeared in Malaga after spreading his image with the Argentine T-shirt
Painted with insults have appeared near La Rosaleda after the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina. The photo of the Malaga player has been posted on social media, although it is not clear when it was taken.
Farewell to smoking on terraces and beaches: this is the new anti-smoking law, which equates the vaporizer with the cigarette
The new law passed by the Spanish Government prohibits smoking and bathing on terraces and beaches, since it equates electronic cigarettes with traditional tobacco and provides for fines of up to 600 euros.
Two monitors have been arrested in Biarritz on charges of raping and sexually assaulting children aged three and four
The Baiona Public Prosecutor's Office has reported that, according to testimonies collected so far, evidence of 12 cases of sexual assault and one rape has been found, and no further evidence is ruled out.
Asian algae: the green carpet that occupies the seabed of our shores
The appearance of this seaweed on our beaches is only a visible part, as Asian seaweed is forming real green carpets on the seabed of our coast, its spread threatens biodiversity and creates new challenges to control it.
The Spanish Government has finally passed the anti-smoking law prohibiting smoking on terraces and beaches
The new regulation equates e-cigarettes and vaporizers with conventional tobacco, extends smoke-free areas and restricts the sale of new products to specialized establishments.
Euskal Encounter will bring together about 5,000 participants and more than 4,000 computers in the BEC
The technology macroconference will take place from 23 to 26 July and special attention will be paid to artificial intelligence and quantum computers.
Three women have been killed in the last 24 hours in Malaga, Alicante and Toledo by male violence
The women, aged between 30 and 59, have been assaulted by their partners, two of whom have been arrested and a third has allegedly committed suicide. Auardia Civil investigates another case in Malaga.
Being rescued at the pier on the island of Lekeitio could cost up to 1,500 euros
A Decree-Law 2025 provides that the cost of the rescue operation may be attributable to the rescued person if the rescue is carried out in an area marked as dangerous, as it has been for weeks in the case of the pier to the island of Lekeitio.
Withholding at the A-8 off Muskiz in the Santander sense due to an accident between two cars
As a result of the accident, a lane has been cut off from traffic and traffic jams are taking place.