Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has condemned threats against 22 independent lawyers who represent the FARC at the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz – JEP) in Colombia. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “I am very concerned about reports that 22 lawyers who represent the FARC at the JEP have received […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, challenged the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, in the Dáil today over the delays in implementing the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights. Crowe also raised the ESB’s importation of coal from the notorious Cerrejon mine in Colombia with the Tánaiste. […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has called on the ESB to stop importing coal from the notorious Carrejón mine in Colombia. Crowe, speaking after he raised the issue in the Dáil, said: “I was disturbed when I found out that large volumes of coal supplying the largest power plant in the […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has outlined his deep concern for the political process in Colombia after the FARC had to suspend their political campaigning for the upcoming Congressional and Presidential elections due to attacks on their campaign. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “It is clear that the Colombian Government is failing […]
Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has welcomed the UN announcement that they have received all individual arms from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) combatants and that the FARC has announced it is no longer an armed group. Crowe called on the Colombian Government to deliver its side of the peace […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has expressed deep concern at the escalating violence in Colombia which is threatening the fledgling peace deal. Deputy Crowe’s comments come after the assassination of two members of the FARC and six relatives of FARC members in Colombia in April. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “Since 16 […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has reacted with deep disquiet to the Colombian President’s announcement that he will end the ceasefire with FARC rebels on 31 October. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “Many people around the world were shocked and saddened when the Colombian peace process was rejected by a very small […]
Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has warmly welcomed the announcement that the Colombia Government and the FARC have agreed a final peace agreement, calling it historic and a genuine opportunity for a lasting peace. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “I want to warmly welcome this historic announcement that a final peace agreement has […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has raised the continued attacks and assassinations of civil society and community activists in Colombia, with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan, and the recent assassination attempt of opposition leader Imelda Daza. Deputy Crowe said: “Prior to my questioning in the Dáil, I personally wrote […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has called on the acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan, to urgently and directly raise the cases of 30 political and community activists who have been assassinated in Colombia with the Colombian Government. Deputy Crowe said: “I have written to the acting Irish Minister for […]
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