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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.

Fermanagh 32CSM
25/05/2010
Gardai/ERU Search farmland along Fermanagh/Monaghan border

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement condemns the Gardai and the ERU, Emergency Response Unit, for a recent search operation it carried out on farmland in the townland of Drumully on the Fermanagh/Monaghan border last week.

The owner of the land that was being searched contacted a member of the 32csm in Fermanagh to say that he confronted heavily armed men on his land last week who said they were from the Gardai.

The man, who does not wish to be named, is a local farmer, said that he was awakened in the early hours of the morning last week by his dogs barking. As the man went outside to check he saw a large amount of men with guns out on his land and in his outbuildings.

Shocked at these events that where unfolding before him the man then cautiously approached these armed men to see what they were doing on his land as he confronted them they stated that they were Gardai and produced badges of identification to the man and said that they were carrying out a routine search. When asked by the farmer what they were searching for they said "it’s in relation to terrorist activity in the area".

The search went on for a number of hours and nothing was found.

There were no Garda vehicles present during the search. When the search was over unmarked vehicles with Southern registrations and blackened out windows removed the armed party from the scene and sped in the direction of Clones.

The 32csm in Fermanagh condemns this invasive and intimidating activity by the Gardai. We ask people who may notice suspicious activity or have been the focus of other unknown Gardai/ERU searches in the area to come forward to the 32csm in Fermanagh so as to expose this blatant harassment of vulnerable people.