The following are the contents of this bulletin:

- Penitentiary policy claims more lives:
- Basque prisoners Igor Angulo and Roberto Saiz died in prison.
- Angulo was found hanged in his cell and Saiz died of a hear attack while he was protesting for Angulo’s death. He had requested a medical examination many times, due to chest pains.
- The policy of dispersal and isolation keeps getting worse.
 http://www.behatokia.info/docs/boletinak/word/24/24baruigoreng.rtf


- Torture:
Ibon Meñika and Sandra Barrenetxea: new accounts of torture
They both claimed they were tortured during their time under incommunicado detention:
 http://www.behatokia.info/docs/boletinak/word/24/24torturaeng.rtf


- The Government has ratified the UN Protocol against torture
No change in the lack of will to eradicate torture
 http://www.behatokia.info/docs/boletinak/word/24/24protocoloeng.rtf


- New moves to prevent release of Basque prisoners:
Changes in Supreme Court doctrine turn lengthy jail sentences into de facto life sentences
 http://www.behatokia.info/docs/boletinak/word/24/24presoseng.rtf


- Statement from Atenco women prisoners
Women arrested in Atenco, Mexico, denounce serious sexual abuse and rape by the police
 http://www.behatokia.info/docs/boletinak/word/24/24mexikoeng.rtf


- Opinion:
Will the Spanish state finally fulfil its international commitments to human rights?
 http://www.behatokia.info/docs/boletinak/word/24/24compromisoseng.rtf


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