Basque Homeland and Liberty (ETA)
In Spain, demands for ensuring safety of Basque political prisoners
Patxi Ruiz, a political prisoner belonging to the Basque ethnicity in Spain, started a hunger strike in the Murcia II prison where he is being held to protest harassment and threats by the jail authorities
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