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G8 summit: Irish trade unions call in human rights monitors: Union congress fears erosion of right to protest amid Northern Ireland's largest-ever security operation to guard world leaders in County Fermanagh

12 June 2013

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"Ireland's trade union movement has taken the unprecedented step of asking human rights monitors to oversee the largest anti-G8 demonstration of next week's two-day summit amid fears that the right to protest will be swamped by Northern Ireland's biggest security operation."

Full article: G8 summit: Irish trade unions call in human rights monitors (Guardian, link)

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