Rossport Five Rally - Castlebar

mayo | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Sunday July 03, 2005 02:47 by Ed - Shelltosea

Travellers Friend Hotel car park, 3.00 pm Sunday, 3rd July

Countywide Rally in support of Rossport Five jailed at Shell's behest on Wednesday 29th June.

There will be a countywide rally in support of the Rossport Five who will be five days in jail by Sunday without ever having their underlying case heard. The rally will take place at 3.00 pm at the Travellers Friend and will include a mass walk from there to Market Square, then to The Mall and back to Travellers Friend where speakers will address the supporters and well-wishers.

Justice delayed is justice denied. Court procedures have been used and abused to ensure that the Five are denied access to justice while Shell are given lattitude to work on their lands. Repeated referrals and/or deferrals have resulted in no hearing of their case despite seven appearances in the High Court over a four month period.

An injunction is primarily granted to stop changes being rushed through pending a full hearing. Normally an injunction is in effect for a few days only, or less commonly for a few weeks. In this instance it was granted to allow work to be rushed through and it will effectively last for six months at least.. There is something incredibly wrong here and it is, in turn, founded on a complex web of wrongs.

Come to the rally not just to support a good cause but to support your cause, your rights, your freedom, your constitution.