Otegi, free.jpg Arnaldo Otegi to be Released Today Basque political prisoner to go home after six years Dear Friends and endorsers, Arnaldo Otegi will be released tomorrow today [1st March] from the Prison of Logroño after a 6,5 years sentence. His release is expected after 08h00 in the morning and a homecoming event has been organised [in the] evening on his hometown, Elgoibar, including a concert by Fermin Muguruza, promoter of the “Free Otegi, bring Basque political prisoners home” declaration. Arnaldo Otegi.jpg Arnaldo Otegi Despite the attempts of Spanish Government representative in the Basque Autonomous Community to ban these events, a mass meeting has been organised for Saturday 5th March, in Donostia's Belodromoa (an indoor arena that can hold as many as 8,500 people). Eloy Velasco, judge from the Spanish National Court, has ordered police bodies to guard the events to identify possible “glorification of terrorism offences”. The event, under the motto ASKATASUNA, (FREEDOM) is expected to be massive and will be Arnaldo's first mass event more than 7 years after his last public intervention. We would invite you to send messages welcoming his release and calling for the end of the dispersal policy, prior to an agreed early release process, as necessary steps to achieve a just and lasting peace in the region. The International Declaration “Free Otegi, Bring Basque Prisoners Home” and the subsequent campaign, “Free Otegi, Free Them All”, have received over <http://freeotegi.com/endorsements/> 400 endorsements, a song has been written and over 17,000 people marched last October asking for Arnaldo's release. Urko Aiartza <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
