Basques Form 200-Kilometer Human Chain for Independence

A human chain made of 175,000 people stretched 200 kilometers (124 miles) Sunday in a display to demand an independence vote for the Basque region in northern Spain. The demonstrators linked hands and stretched their chain from the coastal resort of San Sebastian to the Basque capital of Vitoria. Some used white scarves as part of the chain while others sang and danced in place. "We want for our people to have the right to choose what it wants to be," one demonstrator...

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