bilbao
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September 5, 2017
A glimpse at how museums like the Canadian Museum for Human Rights can improve the image of the countries and cities where they are located.
Tens of thousands of protesters in Spain’s Basque region defied Madrid on Saturday night by holding a mass demonstration marked by tensions over jailed members of the armed separatist group ETA. Crowds filled the streets in the northern city of Bilbao in a march for “human rights, understanding and peace,” after a judge banned another demonstration planned to demand concessions for the Basque prisoners.