MOUNTAIN TREK TO VILLAGES THREATENED BY THE RESERVOIR.

As we already stated in the last newsletter, the
international protest camp that we celebrate every
year will, this year be transformed into a 4 day trek
(28,29,30,31 August) which will pass some of the
villages threatened by the reservoir.
28 Aug ; trek begins in Agoitz, will visit the
squatted village of ‘Rala’ then on to another squatted
village ‘Aritzkuren’ for the night.
29 Aug; Leave Aritzkuren then on to the ‘Caserio de
Aristu’ continuing on to ‘Azparren’and on to
‘Oroz-Betelu’ for the night.
30 Aug; Leave Oroz-Betelu towards the village of
Gorraiz, and from there to the squatted village of
‘Lakabe’with the possibility of visiting ‘Artozki’
31 Aug; From Lakabe to ‘Nagore and on to Itoitz and
from Itoitz forming a human chain all the way to
Agoitz the starting point of the trek.
Support vehicle; throughout the trek there will be a
van to transport backpacks etc.food will also be
availablethrough the purchase of tokens.
Activities; Although it is still not specified, there
will be Informative, festive, and protestive
activities.
Forthcoming newsletters will include any further
information.
Equipment;Everyone should bring the necessary
equipment for camping in the mountains, e.g. tent,
sleeping bag, bed mat etc .
This summer we await you in Itoitz.
NO TO THE FILLING OF THE RESERVOIR, NOR THE EVICTION
OF THE VILLAGES!!!
TOTAL PARALISATION OF THE DAM OF ITOITZ NOW!!!

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INFORMATION ON THE FIGHT AGAINST THE ITOITZ RESERVOIR
AND DAM PROJECT

JUNE 2002
THE ‘AUDIENCIA NACIONAL’ (provincial high court) GIVES
THE GREEN LIGHT TO THE FILLING OF THE RESERVOIR OF
ITOITZ.

After seven years of repeated court hearings in the
‘audiencia nacional’ and supreme tribunal which
prevented the filling of the reservoir for it’s
obvious ilegality(that it would flood the protected
areas of 3 nature reserves) the ‘audiencia nacional’
declared a new hearing in which it approved the
filling of the reservoir.
In their shameful argument it declares as positive the
modification of protected areas in the nature reserves
which were carried out by the Navarran government to
avoid the ilegality of the reservoir project.
In this way, being that which we feared they have
converted what they declared as ilegal in legal.
With this declaration it demonstrates the total
submission of judicial power against that of the
‘Economic-politics’ of the spanish state, setting a
dangerous precedent against future protests in defence
of the land and environment.

S.O.S. RED ALERT ITOIZ

The aforementioned declaration in the ‘Audiencia
nacional’ will speed up the destructive plans of the
institutions with the filling trials scheduled for
spring 2003, it looks like they want to bring it
forward to Autumn of this year.
This will mean the imminent eviction of villages in
the flood areas and the mass felling of nearly one
million trees .
These trials will take some 3 years and with them the
institutions will put the reservoir banks to the test.
The stability of the banks has been seriously doubted
by different independent engineers and
geologists.According to them in the event of the
reservoir being filled there is a grave risk that it
could produce a catastrophe of incalculable
consequences.
Meanwhile the ‘Canal de Navarra’(canal of navarra)
which begins at the Itoitz dam is also under
construction, causing more ecological destruction in
it’s wake, that is not all, the project of a new road
between ‘Nagore’ and ‘Oroz-Betelu’(the old road being
flooded if the reservoir is filled)has also been
approved, this new road will result in the destruction
of a large part of the ‘Iñarbe’ nature reserve.

IÑAKI:ONE YEAR IN PRISON.

Our colleague Iñaki Garcia Koch has now completed one
year in prison, after being arrested in June last
year.During this time he has been unjustly held under
the special F.I.E.S catagory of prisoner, this being
the catagory applied to prisoners who are supposedly
linked to armed groups.Recently he has been
re-classified as a normal catagory prisoner due to
applications from his lawyer.
If you wish to offer your solidarity to Iñaki you can
write to him at this address;
Iñaki Garcia Koch,
Carcel de Iruña,
C/San Roque s/n, 31011 Iruña,
Euskal Herria (Spanish State)





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