25th anniversary of British troops
By Nick Fredman
SYDNEY — 200 people rallied in First Fleet Park here on August 13 as part of an international day of action organised by the "Time for peace — time to go" campaign which is demanding the withdrawal of British troops from the north of Ireland.
The action marked the 25th anniversary of the deployment of British troops in the occupied six northern counties of Ireland. Speakers, including Siobhan de Paor from the Australian Irish Congress, civil rights activist Tim Anderson, Denis Doherty from Sydney Anti-Bases Action Committee, Peter Bryant from Amnesty International and Denis O'Flynn from Irish National Association. The rally was told of the denial of civil rights to the nationalist community in the six counties and speakers stressed that progress towards self-determination and peace would only come with a commitment from British to withdraw.