The Basque language (euskara or euskera) is strongly discriminated in Iparralde (north basque country). The French state do not recognize other languages like basque or breton. Public education only have a subject in basque language and it is optional. So teaching in euskera must be done by parents or popular iniciatives like "Ikastolak".
Besides, only few radios or newspapers have information in basque. The television network France 3 has a space in basque language for iparralde but according to the directive this space is going to dissapear. A newly created group is going to protest against the elimination of that space in euskera.
According to french court, "Jon Anza" (a militant of ETA found dead) investigation is finished. Jon Anza disappeared three years ago and after 10 months his body appeared in a morgue of Tolosa. ETA denounced that spanish secret services knew that Jon Anza was a militant of ETA and the same week that Jon Anza disappeared, some "Guardia Civil" (spanish military police) forgot their guns in a hotel of Tolosa. According to Jon Anza family, he was kidnaped and he died by torture (he was very ill and weak). In the same year of his disappearance more basque militants were kidnaped and tortured in all along basque country.
The Strasbourg Court has sentenced to pay a compensation to "Martxelo Otamendi" (former editor of Egunkaria). On 2003 the newspaper was closed by spanish military police and "Audiencia Nacional". They arrested 10 members of Egunkaria staff. Some of them denounced torture: Simulated shots on head, asphyxiate with plastic bags, hits in the genitals etc. Spanish "justice" do not investigate torture (they never investigate torture and if they investigate defendants are acquitted).
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