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| Eta prisoner ends hunger strike | |
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| A Basque separatist prisoner has ended his hunger strike shortly after being moved from Madrid to a hospital in the Basque country, Spanish officials say. | |
| They say Jose Ignacio de Juana Chaos, an Eta member jailed for 25 murders, will be kept under house arrest for the two years remaining on his sentence. | |
| De Juana was force-fed in the latter stages of a hunger strike he began 114 days ago in protest at his sentence. | De Juana was force-fed in the latter stages of a hunger strike he began 114 days ago in protest at his sentence. |
| He was jailed in 1987. The Spanish government has halted talks with Eta. | He was jailed in 1987. The Spanish government has halted talks with Eta. |
| Spain's Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said he had decided to transfer the seriously ill prisoner to prevent his death. | Spain's Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said he had decided to transfer the seriously ill prisoner to prevent his death. |
| Last year, on the verge of release, de Juana was sentenced to another 12 years for writing threatening newspaper articles. | |
| Tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated on Saturday against a Supreme Court decision to cut his latest sentence to three years. | Tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated on Saturday against a Supreme Court decision to cut his latest sentence to three years. |
| Eta has been waging a violent campaign for Basque independence and has been blamed for more than 800 deaths since 1968. | Eta has been waging a violent campaign for Basque independence and has been blamed for more than 800 deaths since 1968. |