Historical Memory

The Second Vice-President of the Government of Navarre and Counsellor for Memory and Coexistence, External Action and Euskera, Ana Ollo, presided over the act of handing over to the relatives the remains of Ignacio Francisco Caneda, a young anarchist born in the United States who was shot after attempting to flee the Fort of San Cristobal during the Civil War and who had been imprisoned since June 1936 for his political activism.

Ernai has denounced that "fascist and Spanish attacks have no place" and has called for the mural to be rebuilt in the neighbourhood.

A group of 30 artists are preparing the new image that will replace the previous mural that was in that neighborhood of Vitoria-Gasteiz.

The Secretary of State for Democratic Memory has stated that "the Government remains committed to exhuming all victims at the request of their families".

The Draft Law on Classified Information is intended to replace the Law on Official Secrets in force since Francoism. After receiving the green light from the Council of Ministers, the Spanish Government will forward the legal text to the Congress of Deputies for processing.

A summary of what will be news today, in two words.

The family and party members of the late Miguel Ángel Blanco remembered him this Saturday in Ermua on the 28th anniversary of his murder by ETA. PP Secretary General Miguel Tellado took part in the event and said that the alternative to Pedro Sánchez's government "is already underway" so that EH Bildu "does not decide a comma of the future of this country."

The family has been informed of the identification and the family wants to be buried in the Elgoibar Dignity Columbary at a private event.

Imanol Pradales has chaired the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Gogora Institute for Memory, Coexistence and Human Rights in Bilbao, after visiting the work being done to open the exhibition space "Gogoragunea".

The purpose of exhumation is to locate the missing persons during the Civil War. So far, the remains of 127 people have been recovered, four of whom have already been handed over to their families.

The purpose of exhumation is to locate the missing persons during the Civil War. So far, the remains of 127 people have been recovered, four of whom have already been handed over to their families.

The newcomers from Murcia were killed the day after theyarrived in San Sebastian. The deceased were 41, 30 and 29 years old. They were married and had children.

The Gogora Institute, the Bilbao City Council and the memorials associations have remembered the warriors and militiamen of the civil war alongside the sculpture 'Print' in Artxanda, an event that has been going on for 19 years to reaffirm their commitment to peace and coexistence.

Before attending the tribute to the Civil War soldiers and militia in Artxanda, the PNV has made a floral offering to the figure of lehendakari Aguirre in Bilbao, where BBB leader Iñigo Ansola has denounced the US attack on Iran. 

The Egiari Zor Foundation has recalled Joxerra Goikoetxea in Loiu on the 40th anniversary of his death in prison. In these four decades, 36 prisoners and 16 relatives have been reported to have died as a result of prison policy.

The Egiari Zor Foundation held an event this Saturday in Loiu, the town of the former member of ETA José Ramón Goikoetxea Bilbao, 40 years after his death in Alcalá Meco prison.

The Egiari Zor Foundation has denounced that the death of the prisoner Goikoetxea could have been prevented and has enacted a law recognizing the deaths of the 36 prisoners who have died in prison over the past 40 years: "In the last 40 years, during this time of so-called democracy, 36 Basque political prisoners and 16 relatives have lost their lives in different situations, as a result of the systematic exceptional measures applied. In addition, two other people committed suicide trying to avoid imprisonment, "recalls Pilar Garaialde.

Garaialde has cited "denial of health care, prolonged isolation, communications intervention, harsh prison living conditions, etc." and has stressed the need to recognize all direct and indirect violence caused by the prison system.