Irish - Basque Solidarity Meeting
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press release 
Monday May 29, 2006 14:48
by Internationalist - Ógra Shinn Féin
Jo ta ke!
A meeting, organised as part of Galway's first ever Basque Week, was held on Wednesday. Young republicans and Basque ex-pats discussed ETA's recent ceasefire, and the Basque Left-Abertzale's peace initiative. Topics such as political prisoner's issues and the prevalence of political policing and harassment also came up.
Ógra member, Conor McGuinness said afterwards:
"Tonight we heard of Spanish and French state repression, censorship, and how the police in Euskal Herria serve the needs of the political establishment rather than the needs of the people, this is not a strange concept to us. We see continued harassment directed at young activists, we see the RUC/PSNI Special Branch acting a political agent for those who oppose progress. Proper policing is a right, and a new approach to policing is an integral part of conflict resolution. We know this, and our comrades in the Basque country know this."
Ógra Shinn Féin, Gaillimh, would like to thank the Galway-Basque community for their help, support and insight. JO TA KE!