Victims of police abuse
Navarre has recognized 81 new political victims in an act that 10 years ago was "unthinkable."
The Foral Government has held its third act of recognition and reparation for the victims, in which a total of 122 victims have been recognized. Ana Ollo has advocated for "respect for and defence of human rights", proclaiming that there is "ethical ground".
They have launched a joint judicial initiative to urge the Spanish justice system to investigate the cases of seven victims of torture
The Spanish State was convicted by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg for failing to investigate these seven cases. One of them is Martxelo Otamendi, a journalist who, detained in the Egunkaria case, reported torture.
The Egiari Zor Foundation has paid tribute to the victims of the Pasaia massacre on the 42nd anniversary of their murder
On the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of the murder of four members of the Anti-Capitalist Autonomous Commandos by the State Security Forces, the Egiari Zor Association has held an event in Azpeitia, the birthplace of the victims, accompanied by friends and relatives of the victims.
The victims of 3 March in Vitoria-Gasteiz will be remembered in a special way today on the 50th anniversary of the massacre
The central event will take place at 17:00 in the monolith in the Zaramaga district, organized by the Martxoak 3 association and the unions ELA, LAB, ESK and Steilas, and then at 18:30 a march will take place from the New Cathedral to the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca, while in the morning an institutional event will take place called by the Gogora Institute.
Last year the Navarre Government declared 65 politically motivated victims
Since 2023, 217 applications for recognition have been received from the Directorate-General for Memory and Coexistence, and 106 victims have been recognized , seven of them victims.
The victim's lawyer doesn't rule out more involvement in the alleged sexual assault against the former deputy operational director of the National Police
According to the defence, the investigation will have to determine whether there were more involved, especially with regard to alleged subsequent pressures to prevent the officer from filing a complaint against the Spanish National Police.
Victims and Trade unions will demand "truth, justice, and reparation." On the 50th anniversary of March 3rd
On Monday, the March 3 Association and the ESK, Steilas, LAB and ELA unions presented the commemorative events for the 50th anniversary of the murder of the five workers in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
A video has been released to refute the version of the ertzaina investigated for shooting Iker Arana with a foam bullet
The Justice for Arana platform has released a video in which the lawyer of the Ertzaintza has requested the filing of the case. The young Iker Arana filed a complaint for the loss of a testicle in the operation to evict the Gaztetxe Etxarri in Bilbao after the officers fired.
The Justice for Arana platform denounces the "impunity" of the Ertzaintza and claims its "right to protest"
The platform held a rally this morning in front of the courts in Bilbao to demand justice for Iker Arana, while the ertzaina who allegedly injured the young man testified in court.
Where Mikel Zabalza's body was found, family and friends have held an emotional event
The march in memory of Mikel Zabalza has had a special meeting point in Endarlatsa today: 40 years ago he was taken out of the waters of the Bidasoa dead, handcuffed. Although it has always been clear to his family and those investigated that he was tortured, it has never been admitted.
Joseba Novoa, husband of the Royal fan wounded by the Ertzaintza: "I'm here to face the shooter."
Novoa has been in court while the six Ertzainas who took part in the police operation — four as defendants and two as witnesses — have testified before the investigating judge . Izan also tried today the ertzaina who injured Amaia Zabarte.
Tribute to Mikel Zabalza in his hometown of Orbaizeta, 40 years after his murder by the Civil Guard
A tribute was paid today to Mikel Zabalza in his hometown of Orbaizeta, 40 years after he was murdered by the Civil Guard. The bus carrying an exhibition of his figure has also been present in Hego Euskal Herria.
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.
That's how Mikel Zabalza's disappearance and subsequent murder lived 40 years ago
It is 40 years since the arrest and death of Mikel Zabalza, whose body appeared in the Bidasoa 20 days after his arrest by the Civil Guard. Thirty years later, the Basque Government and the Navarre Government acknowledged that Zabalza had been the victim of political violence.
An emotional tribute to Mikel Zabalza on the 40th anniversary of his disappearance
During the event, her sister, Idoia Zabalza, pointed out that they continue to claim "truth and justice" for Mikel and demanded that the case not be forgotten. The body of Mikel Zabalza appeared in 1985 on the Bidasoa River 20 days after his arrest by the Civil Guard. Almost four decades later, the Basque Government recognized him as a victim of the Security Forces.
Sanchez has asked the groups to pass a new law on official secrets to clarify the Zabalza case
After expressing his respect and solidarity with Zabalza's family, Sanchez has called on the parliamentary groups in the Congress of Deputies to work together to get behind the Franco law in force today and push through the new law on official secrets.
There will be news: the 40th anniversary of the murder of Mikel Zabalza, the Michelin stars and the Bonnat-Helleu Museum in Baiona reopened
A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.
PNV and EH Bildu will ask Congress today to declassify the Zabalza case after 40 years
Vitoria-Gasteiz holds the state accountable for the events of the sanfermines of 3 and 78 March 76
The City Council has approved, together with other associations, the motion tabled by March 3 and Sanfermines 78 Gogoan .
Egiari Zor Foundation honors Santi Brouard and Josu Muguruza
At the event, they denounced the impunity of State terrorism and announced that they would push for a change in the law on the recognition of victims, in order to remove the time limits that have been set, since it excludes many victims.