Very dispeakable behaviour dispalyed by the french!!! It is distasteful and indeed unwanted by our people!!! we fought for non discrimination of any kind in this country and i believe countries such as france should have learnt from our struggle but i guess they did not.
We feel for the comrade in regards to the unexpected treatment he has recieved from these hooligans. Phansi ngefrance phansi!!! phansi nge discrimination phansi!!! phansi ngo hellen zille phansi!!! On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Castro Ngobese <[email protected]>wrote: > YCL member deported from France > > JOHANNESBURG - Young Communist League member Malefo Mosimanyane was > deported from France en route to a youth conference in the Basque country, > the organisation said on Tuesday. > > Mosimanyane, a national committee and national working committee member, > was detained and interrogated for nine hours at the Paris International > Airport before being deported back to South Africa apparently for > anti-terrorism reasons, YCLSA spokesman Castro Ngobese said in a statement. > > “Mosimanyane was en route to the Basque country to attend a youth > conference as part of our international solidarity efforts of fostering > dialogue and a peaceful settlement for the independence and self > determination of Basque,” said Ngobese. > > He said the league was “flabbergasted and disgusted” by the actions of the > French authorities. "We demand an apology from the French authorities.” > > Ngobese said if an apology was not forthcoming, the league would lobby the > South African government to “reconsider” its bilateral relations with > France. > > Congress of SA Trade Unions International Relations secretary Bongani > Masuku said his organisation would supported the YCL with further action if > an apology from French authorities was not forthcoming. > > “Young people, like all others, have the legitimate right to associate and > participate in international events of their counterparts wherever they are, > without the frustration of such humiliation”. > > He said the reasons of terrorism allegedly given for the deportation were > “flimsy. > > “The pretext and cover of terrorism seek to hide the real issues involved > here.” > > Cosatu believed the people of the Basque were involved in a legitimate > struggle for independence that was being denied by Spanish and French > authorities, said Masuku. > > Foreign affairs spokesman Ronnie Mamoepa said the department had not yet > been alerted to the incident. > > “We will follow the matter up with the French authorities,” he said. > > Comment from the French embassy in South Africa was not immediately > forthcoming. > > - Sapa > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
