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The Government of Navarre has recognized six other persons as victims of state violence

With these resolutions, 84 persons have already been recognized as victims of political violence under the Foral Act /2019. 

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The Government of Navarre has recognized as "victims of human rights violations", under the Foral Law 6/2019, six other persons who suffered political violence by the state in Navarre. 

This has beenreported in a statement by the initiative 'It is time for truth. Memory Inclusiva para Navarra' , adding that these acknowledgements are "a step forward in building a framework of coexistence that commits to an inclusive memory in the Navarra and allows to know without exception everything that has happened in the context of politically motivated violence".



The cases approved by the Commission for Recognition and Reparation "demonstrate once again the duty of the public authorities to address the reality of political violence in Navarre responsibly".

Since the initiative, the names of five of these people have been reported. Among them, Jose Luis Cerezo Conde, twice tortured by the National Police in 1970 and 1973, and Joxe Lacalle Huarte. Lacalle was the victim of an attack by Cristo Rey's Guerrillas in 1978, a bomb was placed in his bar in 1979, and in 1981 he was tortured by the Civil Guard.

In addition, Txaro Etxetxipia Senosiain, tortured by the National Police in 1983; Odón Ulibarrena Iroz, tortured twice by the National Police in 1984 and 1985; and Javier Casado Gurucharri, who was attacked by the National Police in 1990.

With these resolutions, 84 personshave already been officially recognized as victims of political violence under this Foral Act. According to data provided by the Truth Debt and Tortured Persons Network, six of these victims are persons killed (one of them as a result of torture); 54 are tortured; 19 have suffered physical and/or psychological injuries; two persons have suffered material damage; one person has also suffered physical and material damage; one person has been tortured; and another has suffered physical and material damage.

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