Egunkaria cleared, free. The recent judicial decision of the Spanish Law Court (Audiencia Nacional) has cleared the five former directors of the Euskaldunon Egunkaria newspaper accused of collaboration with ETA. As you remember, Euskaldunon Egunkaria newspaper was closed in 2003 by a court order dictated by a Spanish judge, based only on “evidence” provided by the Spanish Police (Guardia Civil). As a result of that, the employees lost their jobs and the only newspaper entirely in Basque disappeared. During the last seven years, the accused have suffered torture, years in prison, unfounded accusations and numerous economic losses. At the same time, we want to thank the support done by OurMedia to the Egunkaria at the final declaration read at the end of the Congress which took place in Ghana. This news is very pleasant and, whilst only partially repairing the damaged caused, goes some way to restoring the faith of those who work constantly to defend freedom of speech. Teresa Agirreazadegi Department of Journalism University of the Basque Country