2007/I/28
Emergency Motion on the Sentence of the Spanish Nationalo Court against the Basque Youth Organisations Jarrai-Haika-Segi

Ógra Shinn Féin sends solidarity greetings to Segi and the national executives of Jarrai-Haika-Segi involved in the 19/98 trial.

This Congress unreservedly rejects the decision by the Spanish National Court of this week, convicting the national executives of these youth organisations of membership of a so called 'terrorist-organisation'. The decision to jail the young people for periods of up to 6 years in undemocratic and unjust.

Ógra Shinn Féin is proud of the longstanding political friendship we have had and continue to have with Jarrai, Haika and Segi. We hope this friendship will continue.

The right of Basque young people to organise themselves in support of independence and socialism must be defended. The continued attempts by the Spanish government, police and judicial system to criminalise and jail the legitimate expression of these rights must be resisted.

In the difficult time your republican friends in Ireland extend our support and fraternal greetings.

Jo Ta Ke - Tiocfaids ar La.

Ógra Shinn Féin