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O Luain welcomes UN Gaza findings
27.09.10
CARNDONAGH man Fiachra
O Luain has welcomed the findings of the UN
investigation into an Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound
humanitarian flotilla.
A UN report published last week found that Israel
violated human rights and broke the law when its
troops stormed the aid flotilla in May.
Mr O Luain, 27, and three other Irish citizens gave
evidence to the UN inquiry. He has now called on the
Irish Government to make good on promises made
following the incident that made headlines all over
the world.
“Despite the early promises and reassurances that
the Irish Government would do all it could to pursue
our cases, demanding justice and the return of our
property from Israel, Mr Cowen and Minister Martin
have been missing in action all summer,” he said. |
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Fiachra Ó Luain waves a Donegal flag
as he joined the Gaza-bound peace flotilla back in
May 2010. |
“The summer recess is
over, the facts are on the table in black and white
and we need to know from the Taoiseach what the
promised 'serious consequences' will be. I suggest
that as a party to the Rome Conventions, Ireland
prosecute Israel for the attack on the
Comoros-registered ‘Mavi Marmara’ while Turkey
cannot.”
A letter sent last month by Mr O Luain to US Senator
John Kerry has received a lot of attention in the
Turkish media.
In his open letter, first published in the
Boston-based ‘Irish Emigrant’, he requests that Mr
Kerry, as chairman of the Senate Committee Foreign
Relations, call for a hearing into the attack that
left a 19 year old US citizen dead along with eight
others. Mr O Luain also reminded Senator Kerry that
the US-registered Challenger 1 vessel was attacked
in international waters; and therefore was legally
identical to an attack on US territory. Meanwhile,
the Carn man, who holds dual Irish-US citizenship,
is asking readers to take the time to contact their
elected representatives directly and demand action
on the issue. |
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