Location of the Basque Country. Spanish police have arrested the entire leadership of the Basque separatist party, Batasuna, detaining twenty-two people in the town of Segura. The operation is the latest in four months of operations against Basque independentist, including the arrest of Batasuna's leader Arnaldo Otegi some months ago and two independentist leaders this week accused of joining a demonstration reclaiming the rights of the Basque prisoners. Lately the spanish media were rumoring about a major operation against the Basque independenstist, a personal initiative of the Prime Minister Jose Rodriguez Zapatero. Batasuna was outlawed by Spain's Supreme Court in March 2003 alleging that it was the political wing of ETA. 
Location of the Basque Country. Spanish police have arrested the entire leadership of the Basque separatist party, Batasuna, detaining 22 people in the town of Segura. The operation is the latest in four months of operations against Basque independentist, including the arrest of Batasuna's leader Arnaldo Otegi some months ago and two independentist leaders this week accused of joining a demonstration reclaiming the rights of the Basque prisoners. Lately the Spanish media were rumoring about a major operation against the Basque independenstist, a personal initiative of the Prime Minister Jose Rodriguez Zapatero. Batasuna was outlawed by Spain's Supreme Court in March 2003 alleging that it was the political wing of ETA. Related news
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