La Pelota vasca. La piel contra la piedra
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The plastic bag
was sticking to my mouth

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and I couldn't breathe.
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You're suffocating,
your face is soaking wet,

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you think you're going to die,
and then they take the bag off.

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We accept that
some complaints are true

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when a sentence confirms it.
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They told me what I had to say
in front of the judge.

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I had to say
I'd been well treated.

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We went over it
time and again.

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"We'll put you in a van,
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we'll drive you around
and bring you back.

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You won't know
if it's a real judge

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and if you don't repeat
what we've told you to say

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you're finished.
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When you're held incommunicado
for 5 days

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the police are given
total freedom to act

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and to obtain
incriminating statements

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which will be the main evidence
for obtaining a sentence.

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The use of a video camera
in interrogations

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during the incommunicado period
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is recommended not only
by Amnesty International

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but also by organizations
made up by governments.

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I know what I went through,
I know what they did to me,

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I know that everything I've said
is true.

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Something has to be done.
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It has to be said out loud
that people are being tortured here.

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The Spanish Government, supported
by PSOE and public opinion,

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banned Batasuna
(10% of the Basque vote)

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for not condemning
the killings by ETA

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The Basque Government
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and leading members of
the Basque Socialist Party

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opposed the measure,
as did the majority of Basques.


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