Amnesty picnic against apartheid to take place in Wexford
"The aim is to highlight the apartheid system that Palestinians have been forced to endure for 76 years. Their torment has only been exasperated by Israel's genocide. "This is genocide. Say it loudly. Say it clearly,' said Stephen Bowen, Director of Amnesty Ireland.
A representative from the Wexford branch further solidified their stance that those in power are failing to hold Israel accountable for their actions.
"The failure of the Irish government, the European Union, the United Nations, and international community to hold Israel to account for its genocide against the Palestinians, mirror the international communities failure to stop Israel's apartheid system. Their failure to hold Israel to account for these war crimes, is the source of Israel's belief that international law doesn't apply to it,' they said.
"We wish to remind Israel that their multiple war crimes committed over 76 years will never be forgotten,' they added.
Founded in the 1990s, Amnesty International Wexford Group is one of eight Amnesty groups around Ireland contributing to that organisation's tireless work in defending human rights all over the world.
In the early years the Wexford Amnesty group tackled issues like the death penalty in the USA and Apartheid in South Africa, as well as campaigning for prisoners of conscience all over the world.
Today, the Wexford group is very active in opposing the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and holds a weekly protest in Redmond Square every Thursday at 6.30 p.m.
The group also holds monthly meetings at 6.30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month in the lobby/coffee dock in Whites of Wexford hotel. They raise local awareness about human rights, organise events and stalls and film nights, fundraise, and campaign by letter-writing and lobbying.
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