Spain’s Basques form 125-mile human chain calling for independence vote

Tens of thousands of people hold hands to demand referendum

Basque separatists join hands in a human chain protest in 2014
(Image credit: Rafa Rivas/AFP/Getty Images)

Tens of thousands of people from Spain’s Basque region have joined hands to form a human chain extending 125 miles in order to call for an independence referendum.

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