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 eight to ten 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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