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Sabino Ormazabal, a tireless pacifist and activist, died at the age of 72

Throughout his life, Donostiarra has focused on journalism, anti-militarism, ecologism, human rights and civil disobedience. Immersed in social movements, he has been a member of the Commission for Victims of Police Abuse and Human Rights Violations appointed by the Basque Parliament since 2013.

Sabino Ormazabal.

Donostiarra environmental activist and anti-militarist activist Sabino Ormazabal died on Monday at the age of 72. Journalist for many years, he has been part of various social movements since his youth, with inactive violence and human rights as a claim. 

An active environmental activist, he was an active member of the Anti-Nuclear and Environmental Committees, the Txustarra group, the San Sebastian Environmental Assembly and the Eguzki environmental association, as well as the Gladys Gogoan group. 

He was part of the Road to Non-Violence Target Group and the Suppose Reflection Group and has also been a member of the Argituz Human Rights Association. He has worked intensively as an investigator and participated in the Commission for Victims of Police Abuse and Human Rights Violations appointed by the Basque Parliament since 2013. 

Joxemi was arrested and imprisoned as a member of the board of the Zumalabe Foundation in 2000 in the 18/98 case. He spent eight months in prison and then in 2007 he was sentenced to nine years in prison, but in 2009 he was acquitted by the Supreme Court.

Ormazabal has compiled in countless books and articles his extensive research and reflection, in addition to leaving an important legacy for the historical memory of Euskal Herria, providing citizens, the civil movement and political practice with solid foundations from the point of view of human rights and non-violent humanity.

Many gestures of sympathy

Sabino Ormazabal's death has caused pain in many associations and people, and since the news broke, there have been many words of sympathy and recognition on social media as well.

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