Adams calls for end to Holy Cross picket
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, commenting on Wednesday on
events at Holy Cross primary school said:
``There can be no excuse or justification for the sectarian abuse
and violence directed at the children and their parents as they
try to make their way to school.
``Children have a right to education and a right to travel to and
from their school free from threat and intimidation.
``The blockade of the school and the loyalist protest should end
now.
``The picket on Holy Cross primary school is being fuelled by
elements of the DUP and the violence is from the UDA and is based
on pure sectarian hatred.
``Sections of the media have sought to present this issue as one
of `each side as bad as the other'. This is not true.
``There is an orchestrated sectarian campaign of bomb attacks,
intimidation and gun attacks against Catholic families and
businesses and sports bodies and churches and now schools.''This
is a disgraceful situation that demands the strongest criticism
from political leaders, church leaders, and civic society.''
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