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Gestoras pro Amnistía (Amnistiaren aldeko Batzordeak in Basque, and Commission for Amnesty in English)[1] was an organisation formed in 1979 to campaign for the release of ETA prisoners and to support their interests.[2] Its predecessor was La Gestora Pro Amnistía, which was closed in 1977 after its demand for a general amnesty was met.[3]
After Gestoras pro Amnistía was made illegal by Spanish courts in 2001,[4] its role was taken by Askatasuna,[5] which was itself made illegal in 2002.[6] Since then this role has been taken by Senideak, which later changed its name to Etxerat.
In 2008, twenty-one people who had run Gestoras pro Amnistía were jailed for eight to ten years each.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Herri mugimenduak - mouvements populaires". Euskal Etxea Elkartea. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ González, Antonio (2 April 1980). "Nueva campaña de las gestoras pro Amnistía". El País. El Pais, 2 April 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ Beloqui, José Ramon (11 December 1977). "La gestora pro amnistía, diezmada". El País. El Pais, 11 December 1977. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "El juez Baltasar Garzón decreta la ilegalización de Gestoras pro Amnistía". El Pais, 19 December 2001. Retrieved 6 July 2001.
- ^ "Nace Askatasuna de la fusión de Gestoras y Koordinaketa". El País. El Pais, 17 December 2001. 17 December 2001. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Garzón declara ilegales las organizaciones sucesoras de Haika y Gestoras Pro Amnistía". El País. El Pais, 5 February 2002. 5 February 2002. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "El juez ordena el ingreso en prisión de 12 de los 21 miembros de Gestoras". El País. El Pais, 17 September 2008. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
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