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Spain: Hunger strikes

01 September 1996

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Some 125 Basque political prisoners remain in prison having completed three-quarters of their sentences, the term specified by law for entitlement to release on parole. There have been several hunger strikes throughout 1996 in support of their demand for parole, and for the repatriation to the Basque Country--as demanded by the Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. The prisoners are at present dispersed around the entire Spanish State. One hunger strike, in the cathedral of Donostia (San Sebastian), has been ongoing since January, with groups of 15 persons undertaking successive seven-day fasts. During September 540 Basques, representing the same number of prisoners, undertook a one-week hunger strike in Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Belgium and France.

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