10 April 1997 Edition

BBC accused of bias

10 April 1997

Mitchel Mclaughlin has repeated his accusation ``of censorship and media bias by the BBC''. Free article

Labour's Unionists

10 April 1997

Eoin O Broin examines the British Labour Party's shift from unity-by-consent Free article

Colombia: the world's blind eye on human rights

10 April 1997

Saturday sees the start of Latin America week. Here, the Dublin-based Colombian Network describes the situation in the Latin American country with one of the worst human rights records. Free article

Drug attacks

10 April 1997

A well-known drug pusher in the north inner city who has been the subject of several marches over a seven month period is being accused of assaulting a number of anti-drug activists this week. Members of a local community anti-drug dealing patrol were attacked on Monday night 7 April by over a dozen men wielding baseball bats and iron bars. Free article

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Scottish support for McAliskey

10 April 1997

Scottish solidarity activists last week highlighted the case of Roisin McAliskey across central Scotland. On Friday 4 April, the German consulate in Edinburgh and the Lufthansa office in Glasgow were picketed by supporters of the Roisin McAliskey Justice Group. Free article

Easter commemorated in San Francisco

10 April 1997

Distinguished labour leader and former US ambassador to New Zealand Jack Henning addressed a crowd of 150 people at an Easter commemoration in San Francisco at the grave site of Thomas Desmond. Free article

Fógraí bháis

10 April 1997

Dessie Whelan and Maire Halpenny Free article


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