Special Branch harass RSF No to Lisbon campaigners

national | eu | press release Sunday June 01, 2008 21:25 by jmstipe20 - Republican Sinn Féin saoirse at iol dot ie

Special Branch harass RSF No to Lisbon campaigners

Press Release/Preas Ráiteas

Republican Sinn Féin
Teach Dáithí Ó Conaill,
223 Parnell Street
Dublin 1, Ireland

Sinn Féin Poblachtach
Teach Dáithí Ó Conaill,
223 Sráid Pharnell, BÁC 1, Éire

For further information contact:
Des Dalton: Vice-President: 086-329 1809
Ruairí Óg Ó Brádaigh, Publicity Officer: Dublin 872 9747, 087-648 2061

€The 26-County Special Branch singled out two members of Republican Sinn Féin today (May 31) for harassment at the GPO in Dublin’s O’Connell St as they handed out leaflets calling for a No vote in the Lisbon referendum. In a statement the Vice President of Republican Sinn Féin described this as an attack by the 26-County state on the right to free speech.

“This is just one example of the type of harassment members of Republican Sinn Féin members face at the hands of the of the 26-County state and its agents on an on-going basis as they go about their normal political activities. Coming as it does in the middle of the Lisbon Treaty/EU Constitution referendum such petty harassment of Republican Sinn Féin political activists shows the contempt the 26-County state holds for the democratic process and the right as set out in the UN Declaration of Human Rights to hold or express political views.” Des Dalton said.

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