Spain orders Eta convict's release after European ruling 22 October 2013 Last updated at 12:13 Spanish judges have ordered the release of a convicted Basque militant, after the European Court of Human Rights ruled against her continued detention. Ines del Rio, of the separatist group Eta, has been serving a 30-year sentence for bomb attacks in the 1980s. The High Court backed the ruling of a Strasbourg court on Monday against Spanish laws that denied her right to earn remission through prison work. Spain says dozens of Eta prisoners could now be eligible for release. Monday's Strasbourg ruling "gives us no choice," concluded a prosecutors' report at the High Court requesting Del Rio's immediate release, reported El Pais newspaper. Parot doctrine Del Rio was arrested in 1987 for her part in 23 murders and car bombings carried out by Eta. She was later sentenced to more than 3,800 years in jail, but the criminal code in force at the time reduced this to a maximum stay of 30 years. Del Rio earned sentence reductions through prison work, making her eligible for release in July 2008 - but the High Court applied what is known as the "Parot doctrine" to extend her detention. Under this doctrine, sentence reductions are applied to the sentences for individual crimes - collectively amounting to more than 3,800 years - rather than the overall 30-year maximum stay. But on Monday the European Court of Human Rights condemned Spain for this practice and ordered Spain to ensure her immediate release and to pay her 30,000 euros (£25,400; $41,000) in compensation. Although the Strasbourg court's ruling only applied to Del Rio, the Spanish government has said dozens of other convicted Eta members could be eligible for release.