Overview

• Covite announced on Thursday that it has formally challenged the third-degree grants to Mikel Otegi and Ana Belén Egües.
• The association calls the approvals fraudulent, arguing the legal requirement of repentance has not been met.
• Otegi was convicted for the 1995 murders of two Ertzaintza officers in Itsasondo.
• Covite says both prisoners appear on Etxerat lists that describe inmates as political prisoners, which it cites as evidence they have not renounced ETA.
• The coverage does not include an immediate response from the Basque Government to the accusations.