Solidarity with
Prisoners in Turkey
20 December, 2000: Protest
outside the American Consulate, Belfast in support of prisoners’ demands, and
against both the brutal and murderous actions of the Turkish Security Forces
and American support of the fascist Turkey state. Representatives from the
32CSM, the Socialist Workers Party, the IRWG and the Human Rights Forum participated
in the protest. Former Hunger strikers Brendan Hughes and Marian Price were there
in solidarity with the hunger strikers in Turkey, over 30 of whom have now been
murdered, along with many other prisoners who have lost their lives. The slaughter still carries on as we write. Brendan
Hughes and Marian Price felt compelled to be at the protest, not only because it
is the right thing to do, but also to compensate for the criminal
indifference displayed by the Sinn Féin leadership towards the plight of these people.
Sinn Féin, in refusing pleas of support for the prisoners in Turkey, has told
DHKC in London that "they do not involve themselves in the internal
politics of other countries." This reply was also given to American anti
death sentence activists, on behalf of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who asked Sinn Féin to
support the call for a stay of execution. Both the prisoners in Turkey and
Mumia still face a death sentence imposed on them by the internal politics of
the state.
Debate
in Irish News about Irish Republican response to prison protest in Turkey
Members of the Socialist Workers Party and Human
Rights Forum
The Irish Republican Writers Group and the 32
County Sovereignty Movement
Former Hunger Strikers Brendan Hughes and
Marian Price in solidarity with the death fast prisoners in Turkey
Blockade at the entrance to the American
Consulate