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The
32 County Sovereignty Movement utterly condemn the
abduction, interrogation and torture of one of our
members Stephen Moore earlier today. After a long litany
of intimidation, threats and abuse members of the
Provisional IRA finally came in the early hours of
this morning (2nd October) and kidnapped Mr. Moore.
This is not the first time this has happened to one
of our members but ominously his abductors told his
girlfriend that if she raised the alarm they would
“do a Gareth O’Connor on him”. Gareth
O’Connor was abducted by the Provisional IRA
earlier this year and has not been seen or heard of
since. Stephen was stripped naked, had his head and
face covered in duct tape, and then dressed in a white
paper overall. His captors then bound his hands and
feet behind his back and left him in a cold damp derelict
house until this morning. He was then interrogated
about anti-agreement republicans and told he was about
to be shot.
Apparently
after a commotion outside Stephen was given his clothes
and released.
Obviously
Stephen and his family are traumatized by the events
as Stephens’s girlfriend has only recently suffered
a miscarriage due in no small part to this constant
intimidation.
Earlier
in the year members of the Special Branch stopped
Stephen on his way home from a family wedding in England
and told him that they would get a Provisional IRA
death threat against him lifted if he set up a member
of our National Executive for assassination.
At
a time when the leadership of Sinn Fein is in Downing
Street for talks with David Trimble about getting
the “democratic process” back on track,
the democratic rights of those who disagree with their
strategies are being trampled on all over republican
areas in Ireland. It would appear that there is one
law for the Provisional movement and another for everyone
else, their ceasefire only extends as far as the British
security forces and not to ordinary nationalists and
other republicans who “dissent” from their
party line.
Stephen
Moore’s loved ones had only a few hours to wait
to find out his fate. The 32 County Sovereignty Movement
is mindful that there are still families waiting to
find out the fate of their loved ones including Mark
and Bernie O’Connor and we call on the Provisional
movement to end their agony.
We
further call on the leadership of Sinn Fein to condemn
the abduction of Stephen Moore and take steps to ensure
that all the death threats against members of our
movement are lifted forthwith. Now is the time for
them to decide, they can no longer aspire to administer
British rule in Stormont and administer jungle law
on the streets.
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