Belfast, 15. July 2010: Sinn Féin supports conflict resolution in the Basque Country
"Like most republicans Seando suffered arrest and torture, ...
He sued the RUC and later successfully won a brutality case against them."
Derry, June 15, 2010: Bloody Sunday report of Lord Saville is finally published
North of Ireland, 5.5.2010: today, 29 years ago Bobby Sands died on hunger strike as the first of ten men in the prison of Long Kesh.
Brussels, 29 March 2010:
>>>> 13.3.2010: Impressions from Sinn Féin's Ard Fheis (party conference) in Dublin
Speeches on international solidarity:
>> Gerry Kelly, Sinn Féin: "Nothing is impossible in struggle"
>> Kattalin Madariaga, Basque Abertzale Left: "A message from Arnaldo Otegi"
>> Bairbre De Brun, Sinn Féin: "Solidarity with the people of Palestine"
North of Ireland: Declan Kearney, Sinn Féin National Chairperson analyses the Hillsborough Castle Agreement, which was signed on February 5, 2010 and ended the severe political crisis in the six counties:
North of Ireland, crisis in the peace process:
Equality and partnership are central to all of this
>>>> Gerry Adams: Jan 12, 2010: A Family Trauma
this is a personal statement of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams published in his blog on January 12, 2010. He deals with the difficult and traumatic situation of his familie after discovering that father and brother Liam abused their own children. Originally we didn't feel it appropriate to pubish anything about this issue, because it's a very private tragedy. We felt that Gerry Adams and his family dealt with the situation in a very dignified way, especially with allowing the victims to decide about how to proceed. In general the media in Germany dealt with this issue in an appropriate way. Unfortunately in recent days, Ralf Sotschek, who writes for the taz about Ireland, tried to use this issue for cheap political slander. Therefore we decided to give people a chance to read Gerry Adams own view on the issue.
>>>> North of Ireland, 6.1.2010: Statement of Relatives for Justice on UDA/UFF decommissioning (e)
End criminalization of journalists - freedom of media and opinion
Spanish Special Court Sondergericht sue journalists of basque newspaper Egunkaria: see. Egunkaria Info
Conference in Venice: PEACE PROCESSES AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION Video messages by Nelson Mandela, Gerry Adams, Arnaldo Otegi, Moni Ovadia
>>>> 6. November 2009: "The loyalist threat to Northern Ireland"
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September 20, 2009, Ireland:
Sinn Féin: "Alternative Guide to Lisbon 2"
On October, 2nd, the South of Ireland has to vote again on the Lisbon Treaty. With no respect for last year's no-vote the Irish Government was pressurized by the dominant states of the EU to have another vote to deliver a different result.
North of Ireland:
Basque Country: a question to the governments of Spain and France
North of Ireland: Riots after Orange Order parade was forced through Ardoyne:
+++ European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg confirms banning of Basque party Batasuna by the Spanish state +++ contradiction to position of UN Human Rights Commission +++
Campaign in Belfast: “Don’t Extradite the Basques!”
against the extradition to Spain of Belfast-based Basque pro-independence activists Iñaki de Juana and Arturo 'Beñat' Villanueva
Locals stand against racist attacks
>>>> 26.5.2009: Polizeiombudsman investigates: PSNI 'never moved' during fatal Coleraine attack
Gerry Adams in Israel and Gaza:
Baskenland:
Interview of the Basque newspaper BERRIA with Martin Scheinin about his report on the human rights situation in Spain. Martin Scheinin ist the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism:
On the recent attacks of republican militarist micro groups in the North of Ireland:
>>>> 26.3.2009: The Dirty War... It hasn't gone away, you know
Statement of the Irlandinitiative Heidelberg and Info Nordirland:
s. background: Peace Process (Good Friday Agreement, GFA) und The Omagh bombing
20. anniversary of the murder of Pat Finucane:
- Finucane an indictment of British collusion
>>>> North of Ireland, 29. January 2009: Dealing with the conflict and the past: Cash for victims idea is an 'insult'!
Basque country, 3. January 2009 - massive rally in Bilbo (span: Bilbao):
International: Israeli air raids on the Palestinian city of Gaza - up to now over 300 dead
29. December 2008: Israeli air raids on Gaza with its 1,5 million people continue for the third day. "More and more dead and wunded are registered. This morning (on December 29, 2008) there were 307 dead and over 1000 wunded", says Osama Said Aklouk, chief of the neurosurgery departement of the Shifa hospital in Gaza.
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18.12.2008 - Annual Meeting of Relatives for Justice in Belfast, North of Ireland:
11.11.2008 - European Parliament in Brussels hosts conference on the Spanish-French-Basque conflict:
Sunday, 2. November 2008: the British Ministry of Defence and Unionists force a 'Welcome home parade' for soldiers of the British Army's Royal Irish Regiment through Belfast against massive protests of Irish republicans and the families of the many victims of the British Army in Ireland. The soldiers served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
40th Anniversary Civil Rights Commemoration
>>>> 14.09.2008: Ten years after the Omagh bombing: Omagh bomb calls were monitored
Sinn Féin analysis of Lisbon Treaty rejection: How the campaigns played out
New show trial in the Basque Country:
>>>> 21.04.2008: Julen Arzuaga: 33/01 - Case against Gestoras Pro-Amnistia-Askatasuna
Murder of the lawyers Pat Finucane (in 1989) and Rosemary Nelson (in 1999) - evidence points to collusion and the involvement of British state agencies:
>>>> 16.05.2008: Rosemary Nelson Inquiry: Lawyers were often target of RUC threats
>>>> 01.05.2008: British secretly blocked Finucane inquiry
10. Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement:
>>>> 03.04.2008: Gerry Adams: The Good Friday Agreement - an historic and defining event
>>>> 17.02.2008: Interview: Democratical change to all aspects of life
Journalist Maik Baumgärtner talks to Uschi Grandel from Info Nordirland about the current situation of the peace process in the North of Ireland, its impact on the life of ordinary people, the Irish Republican Movement and the influence on other conflicts:
SEE ALSO: >>>> Background: the political struggle about the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement since 1999
Basque trade unionists call for abstention at the next Spanish elections on 9. March 2008. European delegation visit the Basque country to observe the situation befor and during the elections:
>>>> "Hautsitako Leihoa - the broken window" an ordinary day in the Basque Country
>>>> further informations about the situation in the Basque Country
29.2./1.3.2008, Dublin: Info-Nordirland delegation visits Sinn Féin Ard Fheis (party conference) 2008:
>>>> Momentous Political Developments - Keynote Speech by Martin McGuinness
>>>> Vote No to the Lisbon Treaty - Mary Lou McDonald MEP >>>> Full coverage of the Ard Fheis (speeches and motions): see Sinn Féin Ard Fheis website <<<<
Basque country in a state of emergency:
11.2.2008: Spanish police arrests 14 prominent members of the Basque independence movement in their houses. Spanish government tries to violently suppress the discussion about conflict resolution. The Spanish government should better learn from the failed British politics of internment and criminalisation in Ireland in the past: they won't succeed! It's time for a peace process!
German language only - translation follows asap
Basque Independence Movement
>>>> 08.01.2008 / 13.8.2008: serious allegations of torture against Spanish police - Amnesty International demands an investigation!
>>>> 13. December 2007: An important step! <<<<
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) admits claim of the Basque party Batasuna against the Spanish government: >>>> 525 years in prison - a mass process as symbol of oppression: background information about the conflict and links to latest news
Dealing with the conflict in a proper way is an important foundation for a peaceful future: >>>> 25.01.2008: Mary Nelis: The pain of the past
>>>> 13.01.2008: Mary Nelis: The trouble with war!
Travel reports and impressions from the West Belfast Festival 2007: 31.12.2007: >>>> Report from the Anti-Racism-Cup / Announcement: Weekend of International Solidarity
on 11./12. January 2008 in Düsseldorf
European Court of Human Rights judgment against the British Government:
(British) security forces targeted innocent civilians in the North of Ireland:
>>>> 27./28.11.2007: Press Releases on behalf of the families and their laywers <<<<
During the "Troubles" hundreds were killed by police, British Army or pro-british, loyalist death squads
under suspicous circumstances:
Thousands unite in call for truth <<<<
Further information: s. background Collusion
Issues Conflict Resolution / Lessons from the Anglo-Irish Conflict / Erosion of civil rights / Victim centered Truth process / Collusion / Need of any Truth Process to be independent: " ... The United Nations ... could be involved ..."
International:
7. Oct 2007: Interview with Irish peace facilitator Alec Reid about the Spanish-Basque conflict after mass arrests of Batasuna leadership people in Segura on October 4th
10. Sept. 2007 - Iraqi Delegation meets Representatives of Irish and South African Peace Process:
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>>>> 7.5.2007: 'Difficult journey' to move forward <<<<
speak to the media during a joint press conference - full text of the speeches<<<<
>>>> 12.3.2007: Our comment: Voters demand power sharing
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>>>> 09.3.2007: Assembly Election 2007 - final results <<<<
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in Mayo wins Environment Prize <<<< background of the campaign / German "Shell 2 Sea" Website now online!
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>>>> 3. Mai 2007: UVF Statement: "Weapons out of reach and civilianised role in society" / first reactions and comments <<<<
>>>> 22. April 2007: UVF spy ring had dossiers on 116 people <<<<
Sinn Féin's vote on the special Ard Fheis in January 2007 to support the police in the North of Ireland went through all media world wide. Less media attention is gained by struggling for democratic accountability of the PSNI. (1) In many areas nationalist communities are still experiencing partisan political policing:
Special Sinn Féin Ard Fheis on "Policing and Justice" on January 28, 2007 in Dublin: Analysis:
>>>> 4.2.2007: Sea change in Northern politics <<<< Voices from the Ard Fheis:
>>>> Martin McGuinness proposing the Ard Chomhairle motion at the Extraordinary Ard Fheis <<<<
>>>> Laurence McKeown: Policing debate another historic milestone in evolution of republican strategy <<<< Further coverage, speeches and videos on >>>> Sinn Féin website <<<<
Operation Ballast: Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan publishes report on 22. January 2007
"... the biggest-ever policing scandal to hit Northern Ireland. With the Government braced for an uproar over how a state agency allowed a terrorist unit to kill Catholics and Protestants, files have been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions ... (PA, 21. Jan 2007)
>>>> 19.01.2007: Marc Thompson (Relatives for Justice): Don't stop on the bottom rung of collusion ladder <<<< >>>> "keywords/collusion" <<<<
Updates on the peace process:
>>>> 02.01.2007: Gerry Adams explains Irish-Republican strategy: Sinn Féin wants to achieve maximum change <<<< >>>> further reports available in the section "new update"
>>>> The whole district pays tribute to Martin Hurson
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>>>> 04.05.2006: Former Hunger Striker Laurence McKeown's story
>>>> 05.05.2006: And 25 years later ...
>>>> background: hunger strike 1981 <<<<
Dissidents in the republican movement - analysis by Danny Morrison:
Cannes Film Festival - May 2006:
15-year old Michael McIlveen died after sectarian loyalist attack in Ballymena:
Fógraí Báis (Obituary): Brian Campbell 1960 - 2005
Newry, 14.10.2005"He was a poet, writer, playwright, IRA Volunteer, political prisoner, political activist, friend, partner, husband, father, and valued member of the community. We will miss you a chara but we are richer because you were with us for a time."
>>>> 26.09.2005 Gerry Adams: a very positive response to my appeal to the IRA <<<<
>>>> 26.09.2005 BBC: IRA 'has destroyed all its arms' <<<<
>>>> 25.09.2005 IRA will dump arms soon - Gerry Adams <<<<
>>>> 24.09.2005 Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams: Sinn Féin seek progress in time ahead <<<<
>>>> 15.9.2005: A victim of the ongoing loyalist violence speaks out <<<<
>>>> 23.8.2005: Anne Cadwallader: What can we do to end sectarianism? <<<<
>>>> 22.8.2005: Once again Short Strand under severe attack <<<<
>>>> 18.8.2005: Sinn Féin launch dossier on unionist paramilitary activity <<<<
Street céili set to take place on site of former PSNI barracks
>>>> 28.07.2005 Comment from Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams <<<<
>>>> 29.07.2005 Reactions from other parties <<<<
>>>> 27.07.2005 Unionist (pro-British) paramilitaries: “Armed and dangerous” <<<<
Orange Order march forced through North Belfast:
residents beaten by loyalists and police
>>>> 24.06.2005 Kelly arrest a blatant act of provocation <<<<
>>>> 24.06.2005 Attempting to reassert the Orange state <<<<
>>>> 18.06.2005 March Madness <<<<
Westminster elections in the North of Ireland - analysis:
8.10.2004 - Gerry Adams, President of Sinn Féin, in an analyses for the Irish Voice:
30.5.2004: Torture in Iraq
>>>> Danny Morrison: "A proud tradition" (May 11)
>>>> "Biggest Gerrymander Since Partition" (March 5, 2004)
>>>> Andersonstown News (Spring 2003): "Stick your vote up your XXXX "
1. July 2003: European Court passes judgement on Finucane murder:
June 19 / June 23, 2002: "A LICENCE TO MURDER"
a documentary on collusion of British Army and RUC with loyalist killers in the North of Ireland by BBC Panorama.
>>>>> Transcripts of the documentary available on the website of the Pat Finucane Centre
ONE OF THE CORE ISSUES OF THE PEACE PROCESS:
>>>>> Background on the police force RUC/PSNI and on the policing debate <<<<<