Oppose Plastic Bullets and Twenty-Eight Day Detention

national | miscellaneous | event notice Wednesday August 05, 2009 21:30 by éirígí - éirígí

On August 8-9, éirígí will be holding demonstrations and a public meeting to mark the introduction of internment in 1971 and to oppose both 28-day detention and the use of plastic bullets.

On August 8, éirígí will be holding demonstrations at the British Embassy in Dublin at 2pm and at Enniskillen PSNI Barracks at 12pm to mark the introduction of internment in 1971 and to oppose both 28-day detention and the use of plastic bullets.

On the following day, there will be a public meeting on Belfast’s Falls Road, focusing on the introduction of internment in August 1971 and the contemporary use of repressive legislation by the British government. Speakers will include former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ruhal Ahmed, former Long Kesh internee and H-Block escaper Gerry McDonnell and human rights lawyer Pádraigín Drinan, who represented the hooded men. The meeting will start at 3pm on Sunday, August 9 in the Conway Education Centre, Conway Mill, Falls Road, Belfast.