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Remember those 'defenders of women and girls'...? One in three arrested for Ballymena racist riots had been reported for domestic abuse - @TheDetailTV @lukejbutterly

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belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-n… Another appalling human rights abuse in Belfast last night. These attacks remain the mechanism of control by criminal gangs, who masquerade as community defenders to hide their own shady acts. Join with us in condemning these & demanding that they cease.

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If you take out the children involved (the youngest child arrested was 11 years old) who wouldn’t have been known to police the percentage of adult rioters with previous DV history is actually higher than 48%

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Another young man brutalised, with all the hallmarks of a paramilitary-style human rights abuse. Gunmen 'randomly' on the street - were they waiting for him or arranged to meet him there in a premeditated organised attack? This is control, not protection. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

When will these gangs get off the backs of our communities #stopattacks

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The reality of how criminal gangs, using paramilitary labels to justify their existence, hold communities to ransom - using attacks to ensure their controls exist & maintain their status. Making money by exploiting through fear & intimidation. Together, we must call for an end.

Our campaign's contributor on this morning's @BBCNolan highlighting the brutal reality of these barbaric attacks. Blatant human rights & child abuses. Carried out by those who want to keep their power and control over their areas. Together we need civic courage to call these out.

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Our campaign group highlighting the issue of paramilitary-style human rights abuses on @BBCNolan this morning. These attacks are a scourge on our communities. Support our stance with the civic courage to call these for what they are and to call for them to end permanently.@

@gymforthesoul It's not a strong statement. It reads as a copy and paste from other non-specific statements. Being involved in a totally accidental car crash may lead to 'potentially life-changing injuries'. This was a premeditated human rights abuse carried out with weapons.

@StopAttacks1 I note the difference in the statements (namely that the 18th July makes more effort to condemn those responsible, rather than describing the injuries differently) but, in the interests of fairness, I don't think the statement about this latest attack could be described as soft.

Use of 'soft' language around these human rights abuses only contributes to playing down their brutality & significant traumatic impacts. The more our language fails to speak of abuse, coercive control & devastating trauma, then the longer these attacks remain part of our fabric.

@gymforthesoul "They do it to try and exert influence, or gain control of those they claim to represent. No one has the right to violate the rights of others."

@gymforthesoul 18th July - PSNI statement: ""It has left the victim traumatised and with significant injuries. People involved in carrying out this type of attack do not represent the interests of any community, nor do they contribute anything to communities," the PSNI chief added.

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