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Tyrone 32CSM comment on planned family fun-day involving the RUC/PSNI..
24/8/2010

    It has been brought to our attention by residents from the Millview Manor area that the North-West/Dungannon Housing Association, in conjunction with the RUC/PSNI, have organised a family fun-day on Friday 20th August from 2:00pm to 4:00pm in Millview Manor housing estate.

    The RUC/PSNI personnel involved in organising this fun-day have been implicated in the passing on of information about former residents of the estate, revealing their new addresses to those involved in the anti-social antics which lead to their relocation. They have also been involved in attempting to recruit residents of the estate to inform on local Republicans.

    We are alarmed that the Housing Association feels the need to politicise the event with the involvement of the RUC/PSNI given their track record on human rights abuses within the Nationalist/Republican community.

    The PSNI are no different than the RUC- they continue to use plastic bullets, harass Republicans, carryout house raids and use 28 day detention. The fact that this fun-day has been organised for the children of the area beggars belief as the RUC/PSNI have been involved in endless stop and searches on many children within the six counties. We must not forget the many children who lost their lives at the hands of the RUC/PSNI and British establishment due to the excessive use of plastic bullets.
    We in the 32CSM are not opposed to the concept of a family fun-day. However we are opposed to the fact that the North-West/Dungannon Housing Association have decided to involve the RUC/PSNI without any consultation with the residents. The first time the residents become aware that their children would be in close proximity with armed members of the British security forces was when they received leaflets from the North-West/Dungannon Housing Association.

    We feel it is important that the fun-day goes ahead without the participation of the RUC/PSNI as we believe their motives are nothing more than a cynical attempt to promote British policing in Ireland.

    We in the 32CSM also believe it would be more fitting for the Housing Association to put their resources into completing the unfinished work in the estate. There is inadequate street lighting and urgent need of a safe play area within the estate. Although we welcome a family fun-day we also realise that there are 365 days in the year and a 2hr fun-day falls far short of providing a safe environment for the children of the neighbourhood.

    Signed:
    Chairperson Tyrone 32CSM

32CSM Sligo - Anti Social Incidents Must Stop
23/8/2010

    The 32 County Sovereignty Movement in Sligo has been alarmed by the increasing number of anti social incidents occurring in Sligo town in the past few weeks. These include a man being beaten to death in his own home, a woman being mugged on the way to work, and another elderly man being robbed by masked men. These types of incidents are unfortunately an ever more regular occurrence and we believe this activity must cease.

    We regard the current level of such incidents to be intolerable and the inability of the Gardai to deal with them to be inexcusable. We are calling on any concerned residents to contact the 32CSM in the Sligo region if they feel that they are being ignored or let down by the Gardai. The 32CSM has had considerable success in tackling anti social behaviour in many areas and we find that a unified community is usually more than enough to deter such activities.

    We also call on any individuals engaging in these crimes against our community to consider carefully the consequences of their actions both for themselves and for their neighbours who they treat with such disdain. We can be contacted through our local email address or talking to a known member, complete confidentiality is guaranteed.

Fermanagh 32CSM
No Loyalist March Through Newtownbutler
25/6/2010

Fermanagh 32 County Sovereignty Movement wish to condemn in the strongest possible terms the ignorance and arrogance of the Parades Commission in permitting a Loyalist parade through the 98% Nationalist village of Newtownbutler- where it is not welcome. This Parade is scheduled for Friday 2nd of July at 8pm.

The Parades Commissions decision has angered the Nationalist residents of the village and salt rubbed into the wound with no restriction being placed upon this Loyalist march, while limits have been put on the Nationalist residents plan to hold a protest against this sectarian parade.

The people of Newtownbutler simply want to be left in peace and Loyalist marches re-routed away from our area.

Despite the huge social and political risks presented by contentious parades, Newtownbutler and other Nationalist communities are being subjected to unjust curfews for the duration of these anti-Catholic marches.

For too long the Republican and Nationalist community of Newtownbutler have had their human rights trampled on by the annual invasion of adrenalin-filled storm troopers intent on forcing sectarian parades through our district.

Given the widespread concern, apprehension and fears which are being expressed by many within our local community the Fermanagh 32 County Sovereignty Movement with the N.A.R.C (Newtownbutler Area Residents Committee) and other groups feel that we have no choice but to make the following intervention and call for the support of the wider Nationalist community to stand with us in solidarity and protest at this bigoted sectarian and coat trailing exercise by Loyalist marchers.

Reroute the flute! End Loyalist sectarian marches in Newtownbutler! Come join us in protest on Friday 2nd of July and let us send a united message from Newtownbutler that Loyalist triumphalist marches are not welcome in our town.

32 COUNTY SOVEREIGNTY MOVEMENT CONDEMNS PSNI HARASSMENT IN TYRONE 21/6/2010

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement condemns the continued harassment and intimidation of their members and their families across Tyrone.

Commenting Francis Mackey, National chairman said there is a concerted campaign against individuals and their families over the past year resulting in the abuse of special powers such as Section 44 stop and search and Section 21.
This culminated last weekend again with house searches in East Tyrone and Killyclogher resulting in these premises being ransacked.

Searches began in Coalisland on Friday night at 9pm and ended at 4am in the morning.
Again the same team arrived at a house in Killyclogher at 12 mid-day on Saturday and arrested one of the occupants and then began to ransack the house.
This search lasted 4 hours and at the end items seized included a Childs Nintendo Wii, Children’s games, CD’s and DVD’s of Children’s games, old broken mobile phones, MP3 player and items of clothing.

Continuing Francis Mackey said this type of harassment epitomizes how nothing has changed despite assurances to the contrary.
"The PSNI/RUC cannot be reformed and their historical role of political policing continues. These searches are sanctioned by their political masters in Westminster and Stormont and are carried out with venom.
Throughout the search in Killyclogher there was clear venom and hatred in the eyes of those involved.

When I arrived I was assaulted for defending my right to be there at the request of the homeowner, I was pushed about with spurious claims I was interfering.
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement condemns this harassment and we call on those who sit on the Policing Board to withdraw immediately because you are giving credibility to this type of unacceptable British Policing in our country.
Those who advocate the PSNI as normal policing are living in cuckoo land. This harassment of republicans and nationalists continues unabated and sadly supported by those who had the same treatment in the past.

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement calls on the Nationalist/Republican people to report all acts of this abuse to us as we are logging this type of harassment to highlight the Human Rights abuses at the United Nations"

Nrth Kerry 32CSM
6/6/2010
No Royal Welcome in the Kingdom

The North Kerry 32 County Sovereignty Movement wish to express their utter disgust at the prospect of a visit from the unelected Queen Elizabeth of England to County Kerry. The invite from inconsiderate Killarney businessmen has been seen as a greedy opportunistic plot to add to their already overflowing barrels of cash, and has sparked outrage amongst the Kerry people. To add insult to injury the sitting Minister for Culture, Tourism and Arts Mary Hannifin, and the rest of the Free-State government, have said they would support the venture.

This statement is a principled objection to an offensive and provocative undertaking by the fat cats who have allowed themselves to be bought and sold for English gold.
Sean O’Driscoll, of the Kerry Branch of the Irish Hotels Federation, offered a brief history lesson of how 2011 is going to be the 150th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria’s visit to Killarney in 1861. He mentions how he feels it would be appropriate for Queen Elizabeth to visit on the anniversary.
Perhaps we could offer Mr. O’Driscoll another history lesson, the part of our history he, the other business men and the free-state government seem intent on ignoring.

Some objectors may wish to recall the centuries of murdering and maiming of Irish people by British monarchs and their armies; others might recall the plundering of our lands, some of which to this day remain in the ownership of British aristocrats; perhaps some will object to a visit as we still await publication of the Saville inquiry into Bloody Sunday; while others wish to object because of the instances of British obstruction in investigating such crimes as the Monaghan bombings of 1974 and the Miami Showband massacre of 1975.

Today, Queen Elizabeth is not only head of state in Britain, she is also Commander in Chief of all United Kingdom armed forces. This includes the 5000 British troops still occupying 6 counties in the North of Ireland. How a visit of a British Monarch could even be contemplated at this time is beyond those of us who oppose the visit.

Sean O’Driscoll said a €20m marketing campaign could not generate the publicity that a visit by the Queen would. This is the one thing we tend to agree with. If such a visit did take place, it would cause such uproar in the Kingdom and the country as a whole that the event would not be forgotten for years.

Honor our patriot dead. Honor those who died at the hands of the Queens army in Kerry and in the rest of the country. Do not insult their memory by allowing their murderers ancestor parade the Irish roads which they died defending.

There will be no welcome for English royals in Kerry.

Fermanagh 32CSM
5/6/2010
Internment Of Tyrone Republican Condemned

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement in Fermanagh condemn in the strongest terms the arrest,charge, and internment of Tyrone Republican and EX POW Conor Casey from Cookstown.

To be an Irish Republican today with a belief in ending British rule in the six counties and restoring national sovereignty and re-unification is a crime in the eyes of Britain’s administration here.

To campaign politically in pursuit of these aims is so great a crime that you could find yourself effectively interned and spending a considerable number of years in prison as a result.

One has only to examine this case where Ex Republican POW Conor Casey was arrested and charged under new British terror laws for attending the funeral of his friend and comrade John Brady who died at the hands of the British PSNI/RUC.

Various similar cases which have been thrown out of court after several years, or to look at the length of time, in a number of cases, over two years, which individuals such as that of Belfast Republican and Ex POW Terry Mc Cafferty serves as a stark reminder to all of us.

And of course, that system of internment by remand is compounded by a judicial system which makes the conditions for securing bail extremely difficult.

South Down 32 County Sovereignty Movement
29th 05 2010
South Down 32 CSM condemn attack on Provisional Sinn Fein building.

The South Down branch of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement condemn Friday mornings(28th) attack on a building belonging to Provisional Sinn Fein in Castlewellan. This is clearly the work of either a local collection of loyalists or a criminal gang, no doubt directed by the dirty tricks department of the British security services.
There has been a suggestion among those who know no better and those who should know better that republicans were involved in this incident, this is not the case. Republicans have no reason to attack this building or the provisional movement indeed many anti agreement republicans were instrumental in building that movement in the South Down area.
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement are open to engagement with all shades of republicanism and look forward to dialogue with any and all whose primary goal is the restoration of Irish national sovereignty and the right of the Irish people to national self determination without external impediment.
No amount of dirty tricks by the British or politicking by the opportune will deflect us from our goal.

Garda harassment of 32csm activists in the North-west continues
Sligo 32CSM
27/05//2010

In the past number of weeks 32csm activists in Sligo and Donegal have come under increasing harassment from both the Gardai and the Special Branch. Three of our members in Donegal have been subject to house raids, intimidation an insinuation from the forces of the state. They have harassed the families of our members and have made unfounded allegations regarding republican activity in the region. One of our young activists has been followed to and from his place of work and has received penalty points for spurious reasons in an attempt to prevent him from travelling. On Tuesday 25th May four 32csm members were stopped and searched twice in the space of an hour in Bundoran. The 32csm in the North West condemns this aggressive harassment of our members, and their families by the Gardai. We encourage any republicans in the region who have suffered similar harassment to contact us with details. We will not be intimidated or discouraged from activism by this infantile range of tactics.