Spain: Basques form human chain to demand independence vote

Euronews reported that tens of thousands of people in Spain’s northern Basque region formed a human chain on the 8 June 2014, demanding the right to hold a vote on self-determination.

Some 123 kilometres long, it echoed a similar demonstration in September 2013 in Catalonia, another Spanish region with a large independence movement.

ESO: Background information: PNV and Sortu back new rally for ETA inmates after court bans march / Huge march in Spain after ban on Eta prisoner rally http://www.europeansources.info/record/pnv-and-sortu-back-new-rally-for-eta-inmates-after-court-bans-march-huge-march-in-spain-after-ban-on-eta-prisoner-rally/

Wikipedia: Basque Country (autonomous community) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_Country_%28autonomous_community%29

Catalan News Agency, 08.06.14: Catalan human towers demand a self-determination vote in London, Berlin, Paris, Geneva, Rome, Lisbon and Brussels http://www.catalannewsagency.com/politics/item/catalan-human-towers-demand-a-self-determination-vote-in-london-berlin-paris-geneva-rome-lisbon-and-brussels

ESO: Background Information: Catalan Day. Hundreds of thousands form human chain for Catalan independence http://www.europeansources.info/record/catalan-day-hundreds-of-thousands-form-human-chain-for-catalan-independence/

El País, 09.06.14: Human chain to demand referendum on Basque self-rule stretches for 123km http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/06/09/inenglish/1402307318_326996.html

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 10.06.14: Human chain demanding the Basque right to decide gathers 150,000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/pello-zubiria/human-chain-demanding-basque-right-to-decide-gathers-150000

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