Basque Country Asks Forgiveness for Repression Against Global Sumud Activists in Bilbao · Global Voices
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Madrid. Security Councillor of the Basque Government, Bingen Zupiria, apologized for last Saturday’s police repression at Bilbao airport against activists, family and friends of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which ended with four detainees.
In the wake of the events at Loiu airport (Bizkaia) last Saturday – in which the police charged against members of the Global Sumud Flotilla and friends waiting for them – Global Sumud Euskal Herria has confirmed that the "solely responsible" police are the ones responsible. They have called on the Basque Government's Minister of Security, Bingen Zupiria, to resign and for the Government to "break all contracts and relationships with Zionist com…
The autonomous police are placed in the eye of the hurricane of Basque politics because of their historical relations with the Israeli security services and the control exercised today by two corporate unions, Euspel and Erne, decorated towards the extreme right.tags: ertzaintza, violence, flotilla, activists, bilbao, Israeli» original news (ctxt.es)
The echoes of Saturday's incidents at Loiu airport during the reception of the Basque members of the Gaza flotilla continue even after the explanations about the police device offered by the Security Councillor in the Basque Parliament. Now it is time to wait to see the conclusions of the internal investigations on the performance of the Ertzaintza which resulted in the arrest of four people, some with minor injuries as a result of the police ch…
The behavior of the Ertzaintza at Loiu airport (Bizkaia) on Saturday will not be easily forgotten by the Global Sumud Euskal Herria platform. Even less so the explanations given yesterday by the Basque Government's Minister of Security, Bingen Zupiria, in the Basque Parliament. The Ertzaintza attacked the members of the flotilla that was trying to reach Gaza, during their welcome in Loiu; and Zupiria justified the police intervention, citing ETA…
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