Basques form 123-km human chain calling for independence vote

Participants in the human chain linking the Basque town of Durango with the Navarran capital of Pamplona join hands at the mountain pass of Kanpazar June 8, 2014. REUTERS/Vincent West

BILBAO Spain (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Basques held hands on Sunday to form a 123-km chain stretching across the northern Spanish region calling for the right to hold a vote on independence.

Organising group "It's in Our Hands" estimated some 100,000 people joined the chain, which echoed a similar demonstration on Sept. 11 last year in Catalonia, another Spanish region with a large independence movement.