Today at Berria:
Xabier Oleaga: “Let this event turn into the clamour for Inaki Uria’s release”
During his welcome home Xabier Oleaga remembered Xabier Alegria and Inaki Uria, who remain in prison
Gurutze Izagirre – ANDOAIN
Xabier Oleaga’s welcome home began with a warm hug and “Three cheers for my cellmate,” from Joan Mari Torrealdai on the steps of the Martin Ugalde Kultur Parkea in Andoain. “It’s great to see you here,” replied the beaming Oleaga. Then they went down the steps to greet the people who were gathering in the Kultur Parkea before the start of the official welcome.
The event began at 19.00 hours and when Oleaga spoke he wanted to stress the following: “I would like this welcome to turn into the clamour for Inaki Uria’s release.” When he said this he also remembered Xabier Alegria and added, “The skids have been put under his situation in prison …but we remember him, too.” Oleaga was full of emotion, but there were two main messages he wanted to convey yesterday. Apart from the call for Uria’s release, he wanted to express his gratitude: on the one hand he remembered the friends he had made inside saying, “in prison each person stood out for one reason or another, most of them stood out with their own light, and if I shone out, it was because of the merit of my mates”; and on the other hand, he wanted to thank the people outside who had given him strength while he was inside, but he stressed that the work had to go on.
Oleaga was arrested in connection with the Egunkaria case and, after spending eight and a half months in custody, was released on Tuesday after posting bail amounting to 30,000 euros. The welcome took place in Andoain yesterday. When Oleaga was arrested he handled communications for the “Partaide” Association of Ikastolas or Basque-medium schools, and so Koldo Tellitu, the “Partaide” chairman, spoke at the start of the welcoming event on behalf of the association.
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