Gestoras pro Amnistía

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 between 8 and 10 years each[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Herri mugimenduak - mouvements populaires". Euskal Etxea Elkartea. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Nueva campaña de las gestoras pro Amnistía". El Pais, 2 April 1980. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "La gestora pro amnistía, diezmada". El Pais, 11 December 1977. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "El juez Baltasar Garzón decreta la ilegalización de Gestoras pro Amnistía". El Pais, 19 December 2001. Retrieved 6 July 2001.
  5. ↑ "Nace Askatasuna de la fusión de Gestoras y Koordinaketa". El Pais, 17 December 2001. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Garzón declara ilegales las organizaciones sucesoras de Haika y Gestoras Pro Amnistía". El Pais, 5 February 2002. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "El juez ordena el ingreso en prisión de 12 de los 21 miembros de Gestoras". El Pais, 17 September 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2015.


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