Bomb threat to Roisín McAliskey meeting further, but it does not solve the sector's acute problems. 9. The state education system is extremely selective. The result is growing violence and disillusionment in the high schools, with a programme which neglects knowledge and culture, and leaves young adults without real job opportunities. The result is an increasing number of "incidents" in the schools. 10. One very tangible result is the higher-than-expected
A meeting of the Roisin McAliskey identify Roisín. And German police had Justice Campaign in Derry on 16 April was interrupted by a bomb threat.
McAliskey is currently being held in Holloway Prison, London pending extradition to Germany. The main speaker at the Derry meeting was her mother Bernadette, who said the campaign should focus on German authorities, who allege that Rosin was part of the IRA unit which attacked a British Army base in Osnabruck, Germany. While she "understood" that many people who would support the campaign for Roisin would want to concentrate on the role of the British Government and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Bernadette McAliskey said, "the fact of the matter is that Roisin would not be in her current position but for the German authorities.
The evidence which exists against her daughter in Germany is "almost nonexistent," she said. Key prosecution witness Manfred Schmidt was not able to 10 International Viewpoint changed their story about where they had found an allegedly incriminating fingerprint on cellophane wrapping paper.
Bernadette said that Roisin was originally arrested by the RUC as part of an ongoing series of arrests of young women in Tyrone, who were being questioned by the RUC over the use of computers by the IRA to gather intelligence. It was because of her non-cooperation that she was threatened with action by the German authorities.
It was at this point that the meeting received word that an alleged UVF bomb warning had been phoned through to the Samaritans. The meeting adjourned to another location. As Paul O'Connor who was present at the meeting said: "Ironically, the UVF actually helped to build up support for the meeting as we were able to pick up more people on the way to the new venue. [JD* response to the Greek initiative within the European Marches against Unemployment, Marginalisation and Job Insecurity. Electronic viewpoint
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