South Down 32CSM: RUC/PSNI harassment in Newry increasing.
South Down 32 County Sovereignty Movement.
5/12/2010.
RUC/PSNI Harassment in Newry increasing.
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement condemn the recent wave of harassment against republican activists in Newry by the RUC/PSNI.
In the latest in a series of incidents in the South Down/South Armagh area, 2 members of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement and two others were stopped and harassed in Newry on Friday 3rd December. The men were out socialising in Newry and noticed a police car tailing them for up to a half an hour before 2 other cars joined them and the men were stopped, interrogated and searched under the Justice and Security act. Despite the sub zero conditions the republican activists were made to stand with all their outer garments open for over a half an hour whilst the heavily protected RUC/PSNI members feigned searches. The republican activists and the two other men who have no political affiliations were then made to wait another half an hour for their details to be processed, all the while being asked personal questions outside those permitted under the act the men were detained under.One of the republican activists was isolated by the police and asked to tell the police who the drug dealers in Newry were stating that "Sure you boys are all for direct action, we are on the same side against the dealers".
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement in Newry and South Down urge all republican activists to know their rights under the various sections of law that the RUC/PSNI use to detain and harass and we say to the general public, police harassment hasn't ended in this area, political policing is alive and well and living in Ardmore.
Monday, 6 December 2010
Thursday, 21 October 2010
RUC/PSNI Harassment continues unabated in Newry.
South Down 32 County Sovereignty Movement.
21/10/2010
RUC/PSNI Harassment continues unabated in Newry.
The RUC/PSNI campaign of harassment in Newry town and surrounding areas has continued unabated in recent days. This campaigned aimed at the nationalist community in general and the republican community in particular has began to take a bleakly familiar routine with activists tailed for miles until enough reinforcements are gathered to stop and search.
On the evening of Wednesday 20th October , 3 members of the 32 CSM in South Down were followed from the Mayobridge area, where a heavy police presence was stationed all day, to the outskirts of Newry where their path was blocked by 2 marked and 2 unmarked cars and an armoured land rover.
The 3 republicans were pulled from their van and repeatedly asked the same questions despite having given the requisite answers under the relevant section (Justice and Security section 24). The men’s outer garments and shoes were then removed, despite the freezing conditions, and they were searched on two different occasions by two different policemen. The men were then left to stand at the roadside from 19:10 to 20:20 while their van was ripped to pieces. All the way through this search the RUC/PSNI continued to ask the 3 men questions that they had already answered as well as questions that they did were not required to answer.
When the republicans were finally allowed to go on their way they travelled all of 5 yards before they were again stopped and issued a fixed penalty fine for a defective headlamp.
This petty harassment is on the increase in Newry as our comrades from other republican organisations can testify, however the 32 County Sovereignty Movement and our republican comrades in Newry and South Down take this as evidence of the growing effectiveness of our respective campaigns, we thank all those who beeped and waved at our activists during their detention and vow to continue to highlight the violation of our national sovereignty by a foreign occupier.
21/10/2010
RUC/PSNI Harassment continues unabated in Newry.
The RUC/PSNI campaign of harassment in Newry town and surrounding areas has continued unabated in recent days. This campaigned aimed at the nationalist community in general and the republican community in particular has began to take a bleakly familiar routine with activists tailed for miles until enough reinforcements are gathered to stop and search.
On the evening of Wednesday 20th October , 3 members of the 32 CSM in South Down were followed from the Mayobridge area, where a heavy police presence was stationed all day, to the outskirts of Newry where their path was blocked by 2 marked and 2 unmarked cars and an armoured land rover.
The 3 republicans were pulled from their van and repeatedly asked the same questions despite having given the requisite answers under the relevant section (Justice and Security section 24). The men’s outer garments and shoes were then removed, despite the freezing conditions, and they were searched on two different occasions by two different policemen. The men were then left to stand at the roadside from 19:10 to 20:20 while their van was ripped to pieces. All the way through this search the RUC/PSNI continued to ask the 3 men questions that they had already answered as well as questions that they did were not required to answer.
When the republicans were finally allowed to go on their way they travelled all of 5 yards before they were again stopped and issued a fixed penalty fine for a defective headlamp.
This petty harassment is on the increase in Newry as our comrades from other republican organisations can testify, however the 32 County Sovereignty Movement and our republican comrades in Newry and South Down take this as evidence of the growing effectiveness of our respective campaigns, we thank all those who beeped and waved at our activists during their detention and vow to continue to highlight the violation of our national sovereignty by a foreign occupier.
Thursday, 16 September 2010
Anti-social behaviour must end now.
South Down 32 County Sovereignty Movement
16/09/2010
Anti-social behaviour must end now.
The South Down 32 County Sovereignty Movement call for an immediate end to the growing tide of Anti-social behaviour and intimidation by a small group of youths in The Mayobridge area recently.
Several residents of the Craignamona, Lisbane park and St Annes Park estates have been in contact with the sovereignty movement with complaints ranging from persistent damage to property, intimidation and low level drug dealing. Others dealt with drinking, drug taking and indecency on a public pathway.
It is significant that the majority of complaints have been recorded following a meeting of the Newry and Mourne DPP in the Village last Monday (13th September). When asked why these residents had approached the republican movement many stated that they believed that at least two of those engaged in acts of intimidation and drug dealing were in fact passing information to the PSNI/RUC.
In calling for an end to this behaviour the 32 CSM appeal directly to these young men, youths and to their parents to ensure that such actions cease before someone is hurt or is forced to leave the area as a result of community action, it is our belief that dialogue is the most suitable way to resolve such issues and we pledge the support of the republican movement in facilitating dialogue if needed. We also pledge to stand with the community if the appeals of the community are ignored by a small number of young people within it. Anyone with concerns can contact the South Down 32 CSM.
16/09/2010
Anti-social behaviour must end now.
The South Down 32 County Sovereignty Movement call for an immediate end to the growing tide of Anti-social behaviour and intimidation by a small group of youths in The Mayobridge area recently.
Several residents of the Craignamona, Lisbane park and St Annes Park estates have been in contact with the sovereignty movement with complaints ranging from persistent damage to property, intimidation and low level drug dealing. Others dealt with drinking, drug taking and indecency on a public pathway.
It is significant that the majority of complaints have been recorded following a meeting of the Newry and Mourne DPP in the Village last Monday (13th September). When asked why these residents had approached the republican movement many stated that they believed that at least two of those engaged in acts of intimidation and drug dealing were in fact passing information to the PSNI/RUC.
In calling for an end to this behaviour the 32 CSM appeal directly to these young men, youths and to their parents to ensure that such actions cease before someone is hurt or is forced to leave the area as a result of community action, it is our belief that dialogue is the most suitable way to resolve such issues and we pledge the support of the republican movement in facilitating dialogue if needed. We also pledge to stand with the community if the appeals of the community are ignored by a small number of young people within it. Anyone with concerns can contact the South Down 32 CSM.
South Down 32 CSM condemn latest approach by Special Branch/MI5
32 County Sovereignty Movement (South Down)
14/09/2010
South Down 32CSM condemn approach by Special Branch/MI5.
The 32 CSM in South Down condemn an attempt to recruit one of its members by the British security services while he was going on a family holiday at the beginning of this month (September).
The member, a former Long Kesh POW, was in Belfast International Airport with his daughter and granddaughter waiting to board a flight to an Eastern European destination when he was approached by someone who identified himself as security. He was then taken to a room where two other men were present and told he had to fill out a form, he asked what it was all about and told he was being detained under section 7 of the terrorism act. At the same time his daughter and granddaughter were held in a separate room and quizzed about the man's movements and asked her would he be leaving her at any stage when on holidays to meet up with ‘friends’.
The British security agents stated that they wanted to have a word with the 32 CSM member about the ‘political situation’ and told him he was in a position to help them understand what it was republicans were about, they also told him they knew all about his friends and accomplices and what ‘organisation’ he belonged to, they then told him that they could set him up for life financially and could give him anything he wanted if he would talk to them, the man told them he had no intention of talking about the political situation to anyone least of all them and asked if he was under arrest, then he got up and left the room refusing a card they tried to offer them and went to find his daughter and granddaughter who were upset and shaken at being detained and interrogated.
The 32 CSM in South Down condemn this incident, the latest in a series of attempts by the British to entice or coerce republicans or their friends and families in the South Down area. We urge republicans and their families to remain vigilant and to report any approaches to another party as soon as possible.
14/09/2010
South Down 32CSM condemn approach by Special Branch/MI5.
The 32 CSM in South Down condemn an attempt to recruit one of its members by the British security services while he was going on a family holiday at the beginning of this month (September).
The member, a former Long Kesh POW, was in Belfast International Airport with his daughter and granddaughter waiting to board a flight to an Eastern European destination when he was approached by someone who identified himself as security. He was then taken to a room where two other men were present and told he had to fill out a form, he asked what it was all about and told he was being detained under section 7 of the terrorism act. At the same time his daughter and granddaughter were held in a separate room and quizzed about the man's movements and asked her would he be leaving her at any stage when on holidays to meet up with ‘friends’.
The British security agents stated that they wanted to have a word with the 32 CSM member about the ‘political situation’ and told him he was in a position to help them understand what it was republicans were about, they also told him they knew all about his friends and accomplices and what ‘organisation’ he belonged to, they then told him that they could set him up for life financially and could give him anything he wanted if he would talk to them, the man told them he had no intention of talking about the political situation to anyone least of all them and asked if he was under arrest, then he got up and left the room refusing a card they tried to offer them and went to find his daughter and granddaughter who were upset and shaken at being detained and interrogated.
The 32 CSM in South Down condemn this incident, the latest in a series of attempts by the British to entice or coerce republicans or their friends and families in the South Down area. We urge republicans and their families to remain vigilant and to report any approaches to another party as soon as possible.
Saturday, 3 April 2010
Cllr Ruane's comments on policing 'Revealing'.
32 County Sovereignty Movement
03/04/2010
Cllr Ruane’s comments on policing ‘revealing’.
Comments made on the transfer of policing and justice in a recent pre-election newspaper are both a revealing insight into the real nature of devolved policing and justice and the ideological summersault that has taken place within certain sections of constitutional nationalism on the issue of policing.
In a statement made in a free newssheet ‘NUACT an Dúin’ Cllr Mickey Ruane states that “Republicans on the Policing Board and the DPP’s… means there is now an unprecedented level of accountability and transparency on issues of policing” however contrary to Mr Ruane’s faithful repetition of the party line the truth is very different.
The devolution of policing and justice, far from giving locally elected representatives control over the totality of both merely gives limited power over aspects which the mandarins at Whitehall deem acceptable. Devolution will not affect MI5’s ability to operate at will anywhere in the 32 counties nor will it affect the colonial police chiefs ability to act unilaterally when he deems fit. Special units of the British Army and undercover police units are able to act with impunity outside the control of the PSNI/RUC never mind the toothless policing board or DPP’s. Any query or attempt to hold the police in the six counties to account can be stopped dead in its tracks by the words ‘National Security’ which of course is British national security.
Mr Ruane also goes on to state that “Devolution should ensure greater stability across the island thus undermining the actions of people who have no political mandate or strategy yet are determined to destabilise this society at every opportunity” This is a frank assessment of the real role of devolution in the six counties. The devolution of policing and justice is nothing more than a political confidence trick that aims to deflect the nationalist population away from the reality of British policing of its interests in Ireland by creating the illusion that policing is controlled by Irishmen and women, this is a classic tactic of colonialism. Ruane’s statement begs the question, given that his party publicly denounces British anti terror legislation how do they suggest that police deal with Irish insurgents?
The Republican community in South Down will not be taken in by the blatantly disingenuous portrayal of policing and justice in Ireland propagated by Provisional Sinn Fein nor will the 32 County Sovereignty Movement ever accept the lie that British policing has a stabilising effect on Irish society or indeed any role within it.
03/04/2010
Cllr Ruane’s comments on policing ‘revealing’.
Comments made on the transfer of policing and justice in a recent pre-election newspaper are both a revealing insight into the real nature of devolved policing and justice and the ideological summersault that has taken place within certain sections of constitutional nationalism on the issue of policing.
In a statement made in a free newssheet ‘NUACT an Dúin’ Cllr Mickey Ruane states that “Republicans on the Policing Board and the DPP’s… means there is now an unprecedented level of accountability and transparency on issues of policing” however contrary to Mr Ruane’s faithful repetition of the party line the truth is very different.
The devolution of policing and justice, far from giving locally elected representatives control over the totality of both merely gives limited power over aspects which the mandarins at Whitehall deem acceptable. Devolution will not affect MI5’s ability to operate at will anywhere in the 32 counties nor will it affect the colonial police chiefs ability to act unilaterally when he deems fit. Special units of the British Army and undercover police units are able to act with impunity outside the control of the PSNI/RUC never mind the toothless policing board or DPP’s. Any query or attempt to hold the police in the six counties to account can be stopped dead in its tracks by the words ‘National Security’ which of course is British national security.
Mr Ruane also goes on to state that “Devolution should ensure greater stability across the island thus undermining the actions of people who have no political mandate or strategy yet are determined to destabilise this society at every opportunity” This is a frank assessment of the real role of devolution in the six counties. The devolution of policing and justice is nothing more than a political confidence trick that aims to deflect the nationalist population away from the reality of British policing of its interests in Ireland by creating the illusion that policing is controlled by Irishmen and women, this is a classic tactic of colonialism. Ruane’s statement begs the question, given that his party publicly denounces British anti terror legislation how do they suggest that police deal with Irish insurgents?
The Republican community in South Down will not be taken in by the blatantly disingenuous portrayal of policing and justice in Ireland propagated by Provisional Sinn Fein nor will the 32 County Sovereignty Movement ever accept the lie that British policing has a stabilising effect on Irish society or indeed any role within it.
Friday, 2 April 2010
32 CSM condemn politically motivated arrests.
South Down 32 County Sovereignty Movement.
02/04/2010
32CSM condemn politically motivated arrests.
The South Down branch of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement condemn the politically motivated arrests of three of it’s members on Tuesday night.
At approximately 11.10 pm on Tuesday 31st March , three members of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement were travelling through Castlewellan having delivered Easter Lilly’s to various parts of the area. Several car loads of heavily armed DMSU personnel boxed the car in and came running to the vehicle with weapons drawn in a highly agitated and aggressive manner. This elite unit of the RUC/PSNI then proceeded to scream obscenities to the car’s occupants as well as barking a series of incomprehensible and conflicting orders.
The three members of the sovereignty movement were then handcuffed and made stand at the roadside under armed guard for up to 45 minutes in blizzard conditions before being arrested under section 41 of the terrorism act and taken to Antrim interrogation centre.
Our activists were then held incommunicado at Antrim for 12 hours before being given access to solicitors and then being interrogated. These interrogations lasted about 50 minutes and when it became clear that they were going nowhere the special branch detectives called a halt without producing one strand of evidence or even a reason as to why the men were arrested.
All three men were released without charge at 6.00pm on Thursday 1st April.
There is no doubt that these arrests and the accompanying house raids were politically motivated and designed to curtail legal politically activity in the run up to Easter however their efforts have proved counter productive in not alone strengthening our resolve but in illustrating to the residents of Castlewellan who witnessed the military wing of the RUC in action.
The South Down 32CSM take this opportunity to send Easter greeting’s to our friends, comrades and supporters.
02/04/2010
32CSM condemn politically motivated arrests.
The South Down branch of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement condemn the politically motivated arrests of three of it’s members on Tuesday night.
At approximately 11.10 pm on Tuesday 31st March , three members of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement were travelling through Castlewellan having delivered Easter Lilly’s to various parts of the area. Several car loads of heavily armed DMSU personnel boxed the car in and came running to the vehicle with weapons drawn in a highly agitated and aggressive manner. This elite unit of the RUC/PSNI then proceeded to scream obscenities to the car’s occupants as well as barking a series of incomprehensible and conflicting orders.
The three members of the sovereignty movement were then handcuffed and made stand at the roadside under armed guard for up to 45 minutes in blizzard conditions before being arrested under section 41 of the terrorism act and taken to Antrim interrogation centre.
Our activists were then held incommunicado at Antrim for 12 hours before being given access to solicitors and then being interrogated. These interrogations lasted about 50 minutes and when it became clear that they were going nowhere the special branch detectives called a halt without producing one strand of evidence or even a reason as to why the men were arrested.
All three men were released without charge at 6.00pm on Thursday 1st April.
There is no doubt that these arrests and the accompanying house raids were politically motivated and designed to curtail legal politically activity in the run up to Easter however their efforts have proved counter productive in not alone strengthening our resolve but in illustrating to the residents of Castlewellan who witnessed the military wing of the RUC in action.
The South Down 32CSM take this opportunity to send Easter greeting’s to our friends, comrades and supporters.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
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Friday, 1 January 2010
32CSM New Year Statement 2010
32 County Sovereignty Movement
New Year Statement 2010
We commend our activists for their dedication and hard work in pursuit of the republican goal in 2009. We commend all other republican activists for being true to their beliefs and for being generous and inventive in listening to the beliefs of others. 2009 was a year which witnessed that inventiveness being translated into political action which was widely recognised throughout the republican base. It represented the most potent expression of solidarity with imprisoned comrades. It is solidarity in action with those who were bereaved in the struggle. It is also the way forward for Irish republicanism.
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement has a clear vision for the year ahead. The reclamation of our sovereignty must take real form. We must give leadership to our communities to help them achieve this. Throughout Ireland communities have been betrayed by the institutions of faith, finance and state which have long purported to speak and act on their behalf. The abundance of trust placed in the integrity of individual leaders has proved misplaced. They have been left leaderless.
They have not, however, been left powerless. It is in recognition of this reality that the 32CSM will now engage with our communities. In a disciplined approach the 32CSM will liase directly with local communities to explore ways of reclaiming their sovereignty, and under these auspices, help them pursue their political and social objectives. We will focus our efforts in ensuring that all community activity will by default be a pursuit toward national sovereignty. Such a process will be a challenge to both states. It is a first step in filling the vacuum left by those who are now wholly subsumed into the apparatus of partition.
Communities so organised can become the template for national freedom. The republican objective is twofold; to secure our sovereign independence and to organise a just society within that independence. Like our republican forebears we can now enact our aspirations, we can involve our people with our beliefs in real and tangible terms. Republicanism cannot be detached from the people and the people cannot be detached from the strategies deployed to secure their freedom. We can only lead through democratic involvement with our communities.
Because it is a first step it must be taken with due diligence. We have prepared our arguments and are refining our position as mandated at our Ard Fheis. It will be democratic. It will be a learning process which will require discipline, patience and pragmatic political judgement. Republicans cannot interact at a distance. We need to create a new interface between ourselves and our people which will allow us to seek their mandate for our struggle. This mandate will not be measured by a gerrymandered vote. Its value will be in its democratic integrity and its sovereign credentials. For us the ballot box means more than just numbers. Democracy can only be returned to the Irish people when their national sovereignty is recognised.
Because it is a challenge to the state the state will obviously respond. Mistakes will be made, but also learned from, and it is this disciplined approach which will allow for this engagement to spread successfully to other areas. In part the success of this project may be gauged from the state’s reaction to it. They will not be alone. Establishment Nationalists will also have a vested interest in seeing this project fail. They will seek to divide and conquer. But a clear understanding as to the implications of its sovereign distinction and clear democratic practices will thwart them. After all it was disdain for democracy within their own organisations which led them into the cul de sac they now find themselves.
The 32CSM will be active on other fronts. Two major international initiatives will be launched in the coming year. We have observed how issues at play on the international stage are geared toward political events in the occupied six counties. We have made our intentions known to the relevant governments that we are determined to follow a particular path challenging any move that would seek to de-legitimise the republican struggle. These initiatives are for the benefit of Irish republicanism, we will not claim sole ownership of them. But we will provide the leadership that will open up counter arguments for all republicans to employ against these nefarious measures.
Republican unity in 2009 resulted in impressive demonstrations on a range of issues. The continuing media and political demonising of republicans is proof of their effect as is their grudging admission of our growth. The media and political establishment’s objective is to ignore us but through mutual cooperation we have made this impossible. In the coming year this cooperation can be galvanised within our communities as these issues now become their issues in pursuit of our national objectives.
The British Government’s strategy of finally destroying any vestige of republicanism within the provisional movement will not be allowed to undermine the separatist ideal. A resurgent republicanism will demonstrate to both governments and the international community that the destruction of the provisional movement was the liberation of Irish republicanism. It is up to all of us to ensure that 2010 clearly demonstrates this reality.
New Year Statement 2010
We commend our activists for their dedication and hard work in pursuit of the republican goal in 2009. We commend all other republican activists for being true to their beliefs and for being generous and inventive in listening to the beliefs of others. 2009 was a year which witnessed that inventiveness being translated into political action which was widely recognised throughout the republican base. It represented the most potent expression of solidarity with imprisoned comrades. It is solidarity in action with those who were bereaved in the struggle. It is also the way forward for Irish republicanism.
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement has a clear vision for the year ahead. The reclamation of our sovereignty must take real form. We must give leadership to our communities to help them achieve this. Throughout Ireland communities have been betrayed by the institutions of faith, finance and state which have long purported to speak and act on their behalf. The abundance of trust placed in the integrity of individual leaders has proved misplaced. They have been left leaderless.
They have not, however, been left powerless. It is in recognition of this reality that the 32CSM will now engage with our communities. In a disciplined approach the 32CSM will liase directly with local communities to explore ways of reclaiming their sovereignty, and under these auspices, help them pursue their political and social objectives. We will focus our efforts in ensuring that all community activity will by default be a pursuit toward national sovereignty. Such a process will be a challenge to both states. It is a first step in filling the vacuum left by those who are now wholly subsumed into the apparatus of partition.
Communities so organised can become the template for national freedom. The republican objective is twofold; to secure our sovereign independence and to organise a just society within that independence. Like our republican forebears we can now enact our aspirations, we can involve our people with our beliefs in real and tangible terms. Republicanism cannot be detached from the people and the people cannot be detached from the strategies deployed to secure their freedom. We can only lead through democratic involvement with our communities.
Because it is a first step it must be taken with due diligence. We have prepared our arguments and are refining our position as mandated at our Ard Fheis. It will be democratic. It will be a learning process which will require discipline, patience and pragmatic political judgement. Republicans cannot interact at a distance. We need to create a new interface between ourselves and our people which will allow us to seek their mandate for our struggle. This mandate will not be measured by a gerrymandered vote. Its value will be in its democratic integrity and its sovereign credentials. For us the ballot box means more than just numbers. Democracy can only be returned to the Irish people when their national sovereignty is recognised.
Because it is a challenge to the state the state will obviously respond. Mistakes will be made, but also learned from, and it is this disciplined approach which will allow for this engagement to spread successfully to other areas. In part the success of this project may be gauged from the state’s reaction to it. They will not be alone. Establishment Nationalists will also have a vested interest in seeing this project fail. They will seek to divide and conquer. But a clear understanding as to the implications of its sovereign distinction and clear democratic practices will thwart them. After all it was disdain for democracy within their own organisations which led them into the cul de sac they now find themselves.
The 32CSM will be active on other fronts. Two major international initiatives will be launched in the coming year. We have observed how issues at play on the international stage are geared toward political events in the occupied six counties. We have made our intentions known to the relevant governments that we are determined to follow a particular path challenging any move that would seek to de-legitimise the republican struggle. These initiatives are for the benefit of Irish republicanism, we will not claim sole ownership of them. But we will provide the leadership that will open up counter arguments for all republicans to employ against these nefarious measures.
Republican unity in 2009 resulted in impressive demonstrations on a range of issues. The continuing media and political demonising of republicans is proof of their effect as is their grudging admission of our growth. The media and political establishment’s objective is to ignore us but through mutual cooperation we have made this impossible. In the coming year this cooperation can be galvanised within our communities as these issues now become their issues in pursuit of our national objectives.
The British Government’s strategy of finally destroying any vestige of republicanism within the provisional movement will not be allowed to undermine the separatist ideal. A resurgent republicanism will demonstrate to both governments and the international community that the destruction of the provisional movement was the liberation of Irish republicanism. It is up to all of us to ensure that 2010 clearly demonstrates this reality.
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