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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

"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
"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
“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)