Hungering for Justice:- 12 Years for writing two articles.

Mealtimes are frightening times for Basque political prisoner
Inaki De Juan Chaos, they manhandle him onto a table, strap
him down, force his mouth open with clamps, push a tube down
into his stomach, pump liquid food into it.....This is torture:
After Irish hunger striker Michael Gaughan was killed in a british
Jail by force-feeding in the 1970's , the British Medical Association
forbade all its members to take part in this procedure.

Inaki has been on hunger strike since November for his human rights.
He was due for release but was given another 12 year sentence for
writing two articles that the Spanish government dissapproved of
they found him guilty of encouraging terrorism.

The Spanish government has been fighting Basque separatists
since General Franco started the civil war in 1936 and the basques
have always fought for their independence. As a result of their
struggle , 5,000 basques have been imprisoned and sent to jails
spread all over the Spainish territories in order to cause maximum
hardship to their families. arrests of Basque citizens average four
per day.

Spanish Embassy:- tel. 269 1640/2597;283 8827/9000

Fax:- 2691854 ; email:  emb.dublin.inf@mae.es

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