Ecovillage Network UK
evnuk@gaia.org
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:28:53 +0000
--=======4EC81AE1======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-6EE61A03; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 'War on terrorism' or 'War on independent news'? More on this, the only Basque daily, being censored - Following an order issued by Spanish Juan del Olmo, the chair person of the= =20 basque daily newspaper Euskaldunon Egunkaria and the members of it's=20 administration together with other people have been arrested. At this=20 moment, the central offices in Andoain and the territorial delegations are= =20 closed. 10 people have been arrested by the Guardia Civil under the=20 accusation of supporting an armed group. Three years ago, a simmilar=20 operation had taken place against the editorial producing basque language=20 books called "Zabaltzen". Supreme court found that accusations by Judge=20 Garzon were not enough to prove relationship with Armed group. The free=20 expression is been jailed and the our right for "freedom of word and=20 thought" is under trial. The only newspaper in basque language is about to= =20 be closed. http://bristol.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=3D3518&group=3Dwebcast http://www.sustatu.com/1045828048 Egunkaria, the world's only Basque-language newspaper closed by Spanish=20 secret police Bidaltzailea: Sustatu. 2003-02-22 / 07:56 / The Basque Country. Bidali hau The only Basque-language newspaper of the world, Euskaldunon=20 Egunkaria, has been closed. 10 people have been arrested by the Guardia=20 Civil under the accusation of supporting an armed group. Among them, the=20 director of Egunkaria, and several intellectuals and journalists well known= =20 and respected in the circles of Basque cultura and language-support groups.= =20 Allegations that these people and Egunkaria are "part of ETA=B4s terrorist= =20 band" are pure fabrications. Sustatu.com is a Basque-language news weblog. However, we've started this=20 English language thread for messages related to the closure of Euskaldunon= =20 Egunkaria. Also a special page about Egunkaria Euskaldunon Egunkaria=B4s=20 website (www.egunkaria.com) has also been shutdown, but journalists have=20 joined to creare a substitute which is in the streets today (called,=20 provisionally, Egunero, everyday ) and is also online at: www.egunero.info Related links: Basque Indymedia and it=B4s own English-language thread http://euskalherria.indymedia.org/eu/2003/02/4434.shtml Gara newspaper: special online section in Spanish http://www.gara.net/egunkaria/index.htm Bristol branch - National Union of Journalists 10-12 Picton Street Montpelier BRISTOL BS6 5QA http://lists.southspace.net/listinfo/nuj_bristol/ http://www.gn.apc.org/media/nuj.html http://www.nuj.org.uk 0117 944 6219 --=======4EC81AE1=======--