Dublin Ógra show solidarity with Basque youth

Dublin Ógra Shinn Féin along with the Irish Basque Committees staged a solidarity protest outside the GPO on O'Connell Street last weekend. The protest called for the immediate release of the 34 members of the Basque pro-independence youth Group SEGI, who were arrested by Spanish authorities at the end of Novemeber.




Speaking at the event, Dublin Ógra activist Mark Moloney said; "We are here today to show solidarity with the 34 imprisoned activists but also to express our disgust at the repressive actions of the Spanish state. The arrests of Basque nationalist youths in recent weeks is part of a sustained campaign by the Spanish authorities to stamp out Basque Nationalism. There is absolutely no justification for these type of actions and we call on the Spanish government to release the 34 immediately".