The Basque region’s most prominent pro-independence militant was indicted today on charges of belonging to the armed Basque separatist group ETA.

A leading Basque separatist said today the Spanish government’s carrot and stick approach to the troubled region would not bring peace.

The head of an outlawed pro-independence Basque party who was released yesterday from a Madrid jail on bail has said that his imprisonment would not affect peace efforts in the northern troubled Basque region.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams today condemned the imprisonment in Spain of a Basque politician on suspicion of being a leader of terrorist group, ETA.