Friday, June 15, 2007

The porch we sleep in is being targeted

A few days ago Declan received a letter from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg confirming that his case file has been opened, and requesting his application within six months from 1 June. Since he received the letter, the harrying and harassment have mounted quite alarmingly.

The porch we sleep in has been particularly targeted. For the last few days the floor has been covered with all kind of things: ice cream, coffee, a sticky black liquid, etc. Declan thinks it is because one of these nights either a cleaner is going to tell us to go away because the mess has to be mopped up (last night at 11.30pm a guy entered the office building by the porch, blowing the porch alarm on his way out a few minutes later) or we are going to be told the mess has been done by us and we need to move out for good. So, this morning we bought some products of our own to do the cleaning.

We were interested to learn that the new coroner for the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, is Lord Justice Scott Baker – Declan’s application to the Court of Appeal for leave to appeal was rejected by Lord/Lady Justice Scott Baker on the papers on 22 March 2007, and an order made that he may not request the decision to reconsidered at a hearing. Yesterday the Daily Express ran a headline on its front page which read: “New coroner wants to keep evidence secret.” A safe pair of hands.

Meanwhile the Vatican’s residents have found something new to obstruct. Cardinal Renato Martino, a Vatican cardinal, has said Catholics should stop donating money to Amnesty International because it said in April that women should have access to abortion services in cases of rape, incest or when pregnancy is a risk to the mother. Who’s next – Greenpeace?

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