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Basques form human chain in independence bid from Spain

Tens of thousands of Basques held hands forming a 123-kilometre (76-mile) human chain across their region on Sunday in a push for independence from Spain. Demonstrators, many draped in red, white and ...
Digital Journal

Spain’s Basques form 202km human chain for Basque independence vote

Around 175,000 people joined hands in a human chain stretching 202 kilometres (125 miles) Sunday across Spain’s Basque country to press demands for an independence vote in the northern region, ...
WRAL

125-mile-long human chain calls for Basque independence vote

(CNN) — Almost 200,000 people joined together Sunday in Spain's Basque Country to create a 202-kilometer (125-mile) human chain to make the case for having a vote on independence. The chain was ...
THE WEEK

Spain’s Basques form 125-mile human chain calling for independence vote

Tens of thousands of people from Spain’s Basque region have joined hands to form a human chain extending 125 miles in order to call for an independence referendum. What Spain’s political crisis means ...
openDemocracy

Why does the Basque Country seem so quiet about independence nowadays?

Pamplona, "Hemingway’s and other San Fermin lovers’ delight". Flickr/Paco CT. Creative commons.Basque nationalism has never held more institutional power. Together, the Basque moderate nationalist ...