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Greetings readers,

It saddens me to announce that I close the blog for personal reasons. If someone is interested in continuing with it, contact with my email.

basque1976@hotmail.com

6 members of ETA arrested in French state

Demonstration in support of one of the arrested

According to naiz,six members of ETA were arrested yesterday in different places of french state. The "Guardia Civil" (spanish military police) have collaborated with french forces in the arrests. The arrested are:

Raul Aduna, Andoni Goikoetxea, Igor Uriarte, Ekhiñe Eizagirre, Julen Mendizabal and Kepa Arkauz.

The french interior minister, Manuel Valls, was delighted with the policial operation. According to Manuel Valls, the north basque country is not more a logistics and military base for ETA members. He also said that the collaboration between french and spanish police will continue until the dissolution of ETA. 

The spanish interior minister, Jorge Fernandez Diez, said that they have dismantled the main logistic structure of  ETA. He also threatened ETA "Or ETA dissolves, or we will reduce them to an acronym like GRAPO".

Ernai new website

After being closed by Spanish authorities, Ernai has created a new blog: http://www.keinubat.blogspot.com.es/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBMzo9oXQ7U&feature=player_embedded

Xabier Atristain, Eider Zuriarrain and Juan Mari Maizkurrena arrested

Eider Zuriarrain

Ertzaintza (basque regional police) arrested on Saturday in Gipuzkoa (south basque country) to Xabier Atristain and Juan Mari Maizkurrena. They are accused of collaborating with ETA. Atristain was sentenced to 17 years of prison for being member of an ETA command. Maizkurrena was sentenced to 7 years of prison for collaborating with ETA.

On Friday, Eider Zuriarrain was arrested in Sondika (Bizkaia south basque country). She is accused of collaborating with ETA and sentenced to 7 year of prison. She was also arrested by Ertzaintza.

Two person judged in Lizarra

According to Ateak Ireki, two people of Lizarra (Nafarroa south basque country) are going to be judged. They are accused of participating in some incidents during a general strike on 2012 in which a bank suffered damages in Lizarra. Besides, there are fines of 30.000 euros for different people who participated on 2012 in the general strikes (two of them called by basque workers unions and the other one by spanish workers unions). 

There are going to be mobilizations in protest in Lizarra. Dozens of people are being judged for their participation in the last general strikes of south basque country.

A website in danger of being closed by spanish authorities

After the closing of Ernai website, another website of Basque Country may be closed by spanish authorities. According to Ateak Ireki, the website "burlataherria.org" is investigated by the "Audencia Nacional" (a special  court created to fight against basque struggle). On 2009, it was prepared a welcome to basque prisoners in Burlata (Nafarroa south basque country), and the website gave information about t

hat welcome. The website is accused of "gloryfing terrorism" and the special court requires its closing.

According to the local members of Abertzale left, this is "an attack against freedom expression". "an attack against free information, an attempt to criminalize solidarity with repressed and an attempt to silence a space where leftists and basque people of Burlata can talk".

M18Plazara

The next 18 of May, Herrira (the main organization that fights in favour of basque political prisoners) has called basque people to fill the squares to empty the prisons. The official promo video in english:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSrIvG91Li8

Welcome to Naia Lacroix

The basque militant Naia Lacroix was received in Senpere (Lapurdi north basque country) by her relatives, friends and sympathizants. She was arrested and jailed on 2012 by french police accused of participating in some direct actions against capitalists interests in north basque country. She was militant of Segi, during the policial operation her sister was also arrested (and released on 2012).