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02/02/2017
Amnesty International To Stage Mass Protests If President Trump Visits NI
Amnesty International has pledged to stage mass protests if US President Donald Trump visits Northern Ireland.
According to the Impartial Reporter former first ministers Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness sent a congratulatory letter to the US President and said he would be assured of a "warm welcome".
However, Amnesty International said it will mobilise as many people as possible to give him the welcome he deserves.
In a statement Amnesty International said: "There is great anger among the public in Northern Ireland towards President Trump's ban on Syrian refugees and others, his support for torture and his policies on women's rights.
"Should any visit go ahead, we would call on Northern Ireland's political leaders to ensure that respect for human rights are top of the agenda. Meanwhile we must hear them speaking out clearly now to condemn policies which flout the most basic principle's of human rights."
(CD)
According to the Impartial Reporter former first ministers Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness sent a congratulatory letter to the US President and said he would be assured of a "warm welcome".
However, Amnesty International said it will mobilise as many people as possible to give him the welcome he deserves.
In a statement Amnesty International said: "There is great anger among the public in Northern Ireland towards President Trump's ban on Syrian refugees and others, his support for torture and his policies on women's rights.
"Should any visit go ahead, we would call on Northern Ireland's political leaders to ensure that respect for human rights are top of the agenda. Meanwhile we must hear them speaking out clearly now to condemn policies which flout the most basic principle's of human rights."
(CD)
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