RR7049A BASQUE NATIONALISM

Описание: (10 Dec 1970) RR7049A BASQUE NATIONALISM

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The trial of 16 Basque nationalists in Burgos on
charges of murder and terrorism, and the kidnapping
of the West German envoy in San Sebastian by the
militant ETA Basque freedom movement, has focussed
public attention on one of the world's oldest separatist
issues. A Basque independence movement has
existed for centuries, and a Basque Republic was
actually set up during the Spanish Civil War. It was
crushed by General Franco, and since then all
manifestations of Basque independence have been
severely treated by Madrid. In recent years, acts of
violence have increased and the ETA (Basque
Homeland and Freedom Movement) is committed to
liberate the Basque region by force. This Report
examines the background to the Basque issue,
speaks to an ETA leader and one of the Burgos
defence lawyers, and shows the clandestine escape
route across the Pyrenees used by Basques fleeing
from the Spanish police.

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