The following is an edited address by Sinn Féin Vice President
Pat Doherty MP MLA to the second International Conference on
Self Determination, the United Nations and International Civil
Society, organised by the International Human Rights Association
of American Minorities and International Council for Human
Rights in Geneva today.
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Published August 8, 2004
Closure ‘not enough’ as incursions continue
A British army helicopter has been seen spying on homes in
County Monaghan as an announcement was made that a British army
base near the border is to close.
Published August 8, 2004
Comments by US Special Envoy Mitchell Reiss describing
Protestant marches through nationalist areas as being designed
to provoke, intimidate and champion “superiority” have been
welcomed.
Published August 8, 2004
To date only Sinn Féin highlight what appears to be an ongoing
unionist paramilitary inspired and orchestrated pogrom against
Catholics in Antrim town.
Published August 8, 2004
Dismay at Ombudsman’s report on forensic interference
The North’s Police Ombudsman, Mrs Nuala O’Loan, has denied that
the PSNI police pressurised a forensic scientist into acting
improperly.
Published August 8, 2004
Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams has told republicans they need to be
prepared to remove the IRA and the issue of weapons as an excuse
for unionists to block political progress.
Published August 8, 2004
Irish victims of Mideast conflict
An Irish man was shot dead in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, while an Irish victim of the Iraq war
was remembered in Dublin this week.
Published August 8, 2004
Parades decision may avert crisis
The North’s Parades Commission has this afternoon decided not to
allow an anti-Catholic march by the Apprentice Boys’
organisation past the nationalist Ardyone area of north Belfast.
Published August 8, 2004
An informer said to be wanted for questioning by the PSNI police
about the Omagh bombing is living in Britain under a government
witness-protection scheme and using a false name, it has been
reported.
Published August 3, 2004
Harney backs inequality, opposes tax on wealthy
The 26-County Deputy Prime Minister, Tanaiste Mary Harney, has
opposed greater taxation of Ireland’s wealthy, and said she
hoped they would make charitable donations instead.
Published August 3, 2004
Pipe-bomb attack linked to march tension
A pipe bomb left outside a Catholic home on the Ligoniel Road
caused a major security alert in north Belfast today. The
device, described as ‘viable’ by the PSNI, was defused.
Published August 3, 2004
Two homes in north Antrim were attacked yesterday by racists
thought to be linked to the unionist paramilitary UDA.
Meanwhile, a riot in south Belfast at the weekend has been
linked to a PSNI bid to prevent racist attacks in the area.
Published August 3, 2004
‘Stormontgate’ report disputed
The police Ombudsman’s office has clashed with Sinn Féin over a
report which rejects accusations that a 2002 raid on Sinn Féin’s
Assembly offices was politically motivated.
Published August 3, 2004
SF negotiating ‘in good faith’
Sinn Féin is very focused on making sure the September political
negotiations are successful in addressing all of the outstanding
issues, the party said yesterday.
Published August 3, 2004
Treating Oppression and Depression
In light of a further spate of suicides among young people in
nationalist areas of Belfast, we present a political analysis of
the issue of mental illness in the North of Ireland.
Published August 3, 2004
The highlights of this week’s programme for the annual
West Belfast festival
Published August 3, 2004
IMC is nothing more than a tool of the NIO
The latest IMC report is a mix
of carelessness, pomposity, arrogance and toe-curling
subservience to their masters in the NIO.
Published July 30, 2004
Irish political parties have united to condemn seriously illegal
activity at the National Irish Bank following a damning report
by two High Court inspectors.
Published July 30, 2004
By Martin Mulholland, IRPWA
The Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association demands the immediate unconditional release of Derry Republican Seamus Doherty. There is widespread alarm within the Republican community that this miscarriage of justice is being allowed to continue despite serious doubts regarding the credibility of the charges against him.
Published July 30, 2004
Relatives and survivors of the 1974 Monaghan and Dublin bombings
have accused the Irish government of a “betrayal of trust” over
a continued failure to set up a full public inquiry into the
attacks.
Published July 30, 2004
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