Pauline Mellon with a piece from her new blog The Diary of a Derry Mother. Her article initially featured on 13 January 2014. TPQ wishes her well with the blog.
I tend to approach the
press with caution always mindful of how some elements of the press
portrayed the innocent victims of Bloody Sunday as gunmen and
bombers.
As someone who
campaigned for Marian Price McGlinchey on a humanitarian level I find
the assertion by many journalists that Human Rights campaigners now
look 'ridiculous' to be offensive, without merit and little more than
a revisionist opinion. One quite possibly manufactured and
disseminated to dissuade people from highlighting injustice in the
future.
In the North of Ireland
the ongoing erosion of civil and human rights continues and I for
one will continue to highlight the failure to honour and uphold these
fundamental rights. I never condoned the killings at Masserene or
elsewhere but by the same token I never condoned state abuse.
The campaign for Marian
McGlinchey was mounted to highlight her severe ill health and how her
treatment was in breach of articles 3,5,6 and 14 of the European
Convention on Human Rights. I was always fully aware that in the end
the serious charges Marian faced would be a matter for Marian, her
legal team and the courts. Marian's guilty plea does NOT absolve the
state of their wrong doing in this case.
If highlighting human
rights abuse can make people like myself and others look 'ridiculous'
then those in media should maybe consider how they look when they
mostly ignore issues such as these and then attempt to ridicule those who
don't.
Pauline,
ReplyDeleteyour blog is intelligent and crisply written. Long may it continue. Don't dare sue TPQ for plundering it!!
Thanks Anthony
ReplyDeleteJust glad to get my thoughts out there,so please stay tuned there's more on the way!!!
Well said Pauline, I echo Anthony's sentiments - keep writing :)
ReplyDeleteWell said, Pauline!
ReplyDeleteNo one could have put it better.
best of luck with ur new site pauline, love the cover page image, luks great and ur style of writin is so bullshit free and unpretentious - a breath of fresh air u are,the main stream media is dooooomed, beir bua derry mother
ReplyDeleteJust home from the hills of Dun na Gall where one can partake in the viewing of such grand homes belonging to the quisling $inn £eind hierarchy,no average industrial wage built these homes thats for sure,has the Northern bank money been unfairly distributed among the elite,its something our dear Derry mother and her comrades should be looking at when she is finished taking down the ego,s in Derry council, good job Pauline, ye Derry wannns can ask the right questions ,Blogs such as this are for sure the way to go, chipping away at those who think they have fooled us all,the Alison Morris type image at the head of the post is a sure reminder that the "free press" is anything but, the Birmingham Six would still be hanging , McGurks bar would have been an own goal,and the the victims of state mass murder on Bloody Sunday would have been gunmen and bombers, so a cara its is alongside TPQ and other blogs that may just stop state brainwashing from becoming a walk in the park,as you have said some people like to be treated like mushrooms ,kept in the dark and fed shit, keep her lit kid a good job...
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