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Olentzero's dress chained to a window of Algeciras prison in favor of Basque prisoners

26
years ago

23 December 1998,

An activist dressed in Olentzero chained himself in a window of Algeciras prison requesting the Basque Repatriation of Basque prisoners. With a picotta he also started to knock down the wall. When the Spanish police tried to identify the three people who participated in the action, the chained man was identified as Olentzero and taken in custody.

Source:

Euskaldunon Egunkaria (24 December 1998).

On this day
1962The US Government had to send Cuba a boat full of medicines, food and other goods.
1974One hundred Santa Claus reported Christmas marketing in Copenhagen and were arrested
1998Aznar government pardoned Vera and Barrionuevo, condemned by the GAL
1999Olentzero hung on the wall of Algeciras prison to free local prisoners

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1998-01-12
Galician writer Ramon Sampedro dies of euthanasia
1998-03-01
Regional or Minority Languages Pact enters into force
1998-03-07
The antimilitarists went aboard the Loiola de Donostia barracks and covered the canyons with large condoms.
1998-03-31
They discovered that the Spanish police spy the seat of the Local Union of Vitoria
1998-04-02
Israel Pagaldai dies at age 14
1998-04-10
The governments of London and Dublin signed the Good Friday Convention almost all parties in northern Ireland
1998-05-26
Australia first hosted National Day of Forgiveness, in memory of mistreatment of the country &apos; s indigenous peoples
1998-05-28
The Andalusian councillor of the PP "Bartolín" invented that he was kidnapped by ETA
1998-06-05
The Ertzaintza killed Inaxi Zeberio ash shot in Gernika
1998-07-15
Spanish police closed the newspaper Egin and radio by order of Judge Baltasar Garzón
1998-07-16
Egin workers published the Basque newspaper Information
1998-09-07
Gabriel Urralburu, former president of Navarra, was convicted of corruption cases
1998-09-12
23 political parties, trade unions and popular movements that signed the Estella Agreement
1998-09-20
Two supporters damaged 30 vehicles under construction in Itoiz
1998-09-27
Two college students publicly posted Google in California
1998-10-10
Basque pelotaris elected for the World Cup signed the Basque Select Manifesto
1998-12-08
Realist Aitor Zabaleta killed in Madrid by a group of ultra-right
1998-12-23
Olentzero's dress chained to a window of Algeciras prison in favor of Basque prisoners
1998-12-23
Aznar government pardoned Vera and Barrionuevo, condemned by the GAL
1998-12-26
118,000 people completed the five largest stages of the Basque Country in favor of the Basque Country

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50
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50
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1974-12-11
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55
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60
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60
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75
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