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The Network of Tortured People in the Basque Country Raul Fuentes Villota, the prisoner of ETA, has done so to reopen his complaint of torture. He has supported the petition

The network calls for recognition of all alleged cases of torture to ensure truth, justice and reparation, while the association denounces "impunity" in the cases of Raúl Fuentes and Mikel Zabalza.

Red de Personas Torturadas en Euskal Herria, en un acto en Donostia (Gipuzkoa).
The Basque Country Tortured Network in San Sebastian. Photo: EITB MEDIA.

The Network of Tortured Persons of the Basque Country has expressed its support forthedecision of the prisoner of ETA Raúl Fuentes Villota to request the reopening of the case bere. In fact, Fuentes suffered alleged torture at the police station in Indautxu (Bilbao) in 1991. In the spring, the UN Committee against Torture warned the Spanish State that these crimes were not prescribed.

The Torture Network has publicly expressed its support for this decision, believing that it opens up "new avenues of truth, justice and reparation."

"We hope that this path will serve to open gaps in the wall of impunity built to conceal the responsibility of various apparatus of the Spanish State in the application of political torture," the association said.

In its appearance this Saturdayin San Sebastian, the network has highlighted as "shocking" examples of "impunity"  thecases of Raúl Fuentes and Mikel Zabalza.

Euskal Herriko Torturatuen Sarea

Recognition of all cases of torture is essential to ensure truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-repetition "

His body appeared a few days after his arrest in 1986 onthe Bidasoa River, so the organization this week launchedtheinitiative  Mikel Zabalza, 40 years in mind , to "keep his memory alive and demand the responsibilities that are still pending." In this regard, the network has ensured that "no one can deny" that Mikel Zabalza died as a result of torture in the Intxaurrondo barracks.

The organization has stressed that the failure to clarify both cases shows that "the reality of tortureremains a deep wound, which has not yet been closed ". The association therefore calls for" recognition of all cases of torture ", a claim that they consider essential" to ensure truth, justice, reparation and non-repetition ".

Finally, the Network of Tortured Persons of the Basque Country has announced that on 14 December the workers of D-Bus will take to the Boulevard of San Sebastián thebus dedicated to the memory of Mikel Zabalza  and invite the Basques to participate in this "popular welcome".

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