Members of the UCD Sinn Fein MacDonagh/Farrell Cumann recently attended a talk given by Ainara Mendiola, Coordinator of the defence campaign in the Basque Country.
The talk, organized by the Irish-Basque Solidarity Committee as part of the International Week of Solidarity with the Basque Country, focused on the forced closing of the Basque-language newspaper Egunkaria by the Spanish State in 2003 and the five Egunkaria journalists who are about to be put on trial by the Spanish State, despite the Spanish State Prosecutor saying that there is no evidence and the case should be dropped.
Colm MacNiallais, Chairperson of the UCD Cumann, said:
“This talk was very enlightening. The very idea that a so-called democratic country would resort to such anti-democratic tactics, such as torture and closing down newspapers, is just astonishing. The weight of international support for the Basque Country must be brought to bear on the Spanish State. Sinn Fein stands with the Basques in their struggle for independence. Freedom for the Basque Country! Release the Egunkaria Five!”
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