There won't be an amnesty to ETA inmates, Basque PM says
04/13/2012
Nowadays, Spanish prisons' policy concerning ETA inmates is based on studying each case separately and only after the inmate asks for forgiveness to the victims of his/her actions.
ETA inmates willing to speak with Spanish, French governments
Basque Country's Lehendakari Patxi Lopez said on Friday that there won't be a "general amnesty or collective solutions" to members of the armed Basque group ETA in Spanish prisons.
Speaking after a group formed by members of the armed Basque group ETA in Spanish prisons said that they are willing to speak with the Governments of Spain and France, the Basque Premier called on the ETA inmates to ask ETA for their dissolution and added that there won't be a "general amnesty or collective solutions" to members of the armed Basque group.
Nowadays, Spanish prisons' policy concerning ETA inmates is based on studying each case separately and only after the inmate asks for forgiveness to the victims of his/her actions.
Spain has for 22 years dispersed ETA prisoners under an amendment to the country's 1975 anti-terrorism law. There are an estimated 700 ETA prisoners held in jails dotted around Spain and France, of which only around two dozen are believed to be serving sentences in the Basque region.
One of the purposes of the law was to stop convicted terrorists from communicating easily among themselves to plan subversive strategies. ETA pledged in Oct. 2011 to stop using weapons in its bid for Basque independence but it did not say when it would disarm and allow inspections of decommissioned weapons.
An important part of the Basques call for an amnesty that would allow ETA prisoners to serve out the remainder of their sentences in the Basque region, rather than in jails further afield.
Source http://www.eitb.com/en/news/politics/detail/867138/spain--there-wont-be-an-amnesty-eta-inmates-basque-pm-says/
Nowadays, Spanish prisons' policy concerning ETA inmates is based on studying each case separately and only after the inmate asks for forgiveness to the victims of his/her actions.
ETA inmates willing to speak with Spanish, French governments
Basque Country's Lehendakari Patxi Lopez said on Friday that there won't be a "general amnesty or collective solutions" to members of the armed Basque group ETA in Spanish prisons.
Speaking after a group formed by members of the armed Basque group ETA in Spanish prisons said that they are willing to speak with the Governments of Spain and France, the Basque Premier called on the ETA inmates to ask ETA for their dissolution and added that there won't be a "general amnesty or collective solutions" to members of the armed Basque group.
Nowadays, Spanish prisons' policy concerning ETA inmates is based on studying each case separately and only after the inmate asks for forgiveness to the victims of his/her actions.
Spain has for 22 years dispersed ETA prisoners under an amendment to the country's 1975 anti-terrorism law. There are an estimated 700 ETA prisoners held in jails dotted around Spain and France, of which only around two dozen are believed to be serving sentences in the Basque region.
One of the purposes of the law was to stop convicted terrorists from communicating easily among themselves to plan subversive strategies. ETA pledged in Oct. 2011 to stop using weapons in its bid for Basque independence but it did not say when it would disarm and allow inspections of decommissioned weapons.
An important part of the Basques call for an amnesty that would allow ETA prisoners to serve out the remainder of their sentences in the Basque region, rather than in jails further afield.
Source http://www.eitb.com/en/news/politics/detail/867138/spain--there-wont-be-an-amnesty-eta-inmates-basque-pm-says/
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