Vol.64/No.13      April 3, 2000 
 
 
Sydney: 'British troops out 
of Ireland'  
 
 

A dozen members and supporters of Australian Aid for Ireland protested outside the official welcoming ceremony for Queen Elizabeth at the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, March 20. New South Wales cops moved quickly to threaten the activists with arrest if they didn't surrender their signs and banners. Among the slogans put forward by the demonstrators were: British troops out of Ireland, Release all political prisoners, and Disband the Royal Ulster Constabulary. The peaceful, legal protest had been built the day before at the annual St. Patrick's Day parade.

 
 
 
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