Demonstrators hold up banners calling for the regroupment of ETA prisoners in Basque jails during a march in Bilbao. REUTERS/Vincent West
BILBAO, Spain (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Bilbao in Spain's northern Basque Country on Saturday in support of jailed members of the Basque separatist group ETA, defying a court ban from Madrid.
A high court judge had vetoed the march, which was initially organised by prisoners' supporters to call for inmates to be moved to jails closer to their homes.
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