A little over a week ago, actress Itziar Ituño (known for her participation in audiovisual productions such as Money Heist, Good Companies, Berlin, Irati or Intimidad), participated in a demonstration to demand the release of ETA prisoners.
The rally held in Bilbao brought together more than 20,000 people under the motto Konponbiderako Giltzak (Keys to resolution). After finishing the demonstration, Joseba Azkarraga, spokesperson for Sare (movement to support ETA prisoners) described the event as a success and made some statements that caused a lot of talk: ”We will continue working to get them out on the streets, we have not brought here so that they continue in jail, we have brought them to the Basque prisons so that they can be released.”
After becoming the public face of the cause, Ituño has experienced unprecedented harassment on social networks and has even lost various contracts with companies that do not want to ”position themselves ideologically.”
After a few days in the center of the media hurricane, the acclaimed actress has published a story on her official Instagram account talking about the subject. Using Basque and English and two photos of herself, the woman thanked her fans for the support she has received during the last few days.
”Eskerrik asko zuen babesagatik, ez dot inoiz ahaztuko. Thanks for your support, I’ll never forget it”, which translates as ”Thank you for your support, I will never forget it”. With these words, the Basque woman implies that she keeps all the affection that she has received in recent weeks and that she prefers to ignore and ignore all the negative messages about her political position.
Although the negative comments are very loud and true atrocities have been read about the artist on social networks due to her participation in the demonstration, the actress has also received endless messages of affection, support and gratitude for being “so brave.” ” and not be afraid to defend your ideas.
In addition to thousands of anonymous people, there are public figures who have stepped forward and encouraged the actress. Ernest Urtasun Domènech, current Minister of Culture of Spain, defended Ituño last Monday and criticized the companies that cut off relations with the artist: ”I convey all my support, I want to say it as Minister of Culture. They were private sponsorships, it is true, they were not public sponsorships, but I believe that no one should be penalized for her ideas and therefore I want to show solidarity with her: what she is experiencing is not acceptable.’
