Basques form 200km human
chain for independence vote.
By EUOBSERVER
TODAY, 08:58
More than 175,000 people in Spain's autonomous Basque region on Sunday formed a 200km human chain calling for the right to hold a referendum on independence from Madrid. Last year's independence referendum in the Catalan region prompted a brutal crackdown by Spanish security forces and saw several of its political leaders jailed or in exile.
