Dr Mindbender
29th June 2009, 23:19
I put this here because it may be related to the recent racist attacks in Belfast.
http://u.tv/News/Alliance-MLA-under-threat/f28d97f6-8ec2-498c-9bc7-4beabb9914bb
Alliance MLA 'under threat'
http://u.tv/pictures/galleries/777/290x160/AnnaLo.jpg
Anna Lo
Alliance Party's Anna Lo has said she was warned she is under threat of attack.
Monday, 29 June 2009
Anna Lo, who has lived in Belfast for nearly 35 years, is the only member of the Northern Ireland Assembly who is from an ethnic minority background.
On Monday, she told the Assembly she had been warned by police of a threat to attack her.
Ms Lo also received threats in two letters and two emails.
Ms Lo also said she knew of threatening letters sent to Polish and Islamic centres in Belfast by loyalist far-right groups threatening to bomb at least one of the premises.
"People from ethnic minority communities are very frightened," she said.
Ms Lo represents the south Belfast area, where a series of attacks on Romanian families forced more than 100 people from their homes, with most eventually leaving Northern Ireland.
"Myself and a large number of ethnic minority people this weekend and today have received serious threats upon our safety," she said.
"I have never seen ethnic minorities so fearful in Northern Ireland."
She appealed for the First Minister and Deputy First Minister to speed up efforts to agree a new government strategy to tackle racism and sectarianism.
First Minister Peter Robinson said the Cohesion, Sharing and Integration Strategy (CSI Strategy) had yet to be finalised, but he wanted it to be completed without delay.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness also said he hoped a draft CSI strategy was imminent.
The PSNI said it could not comment on individual cases.
http://u.tv/News/Alliance-MLA-under-threat/f28d97f6-8ec2-498c-9bc7-4beabb9914bb
Alliance MLA 'under threat'
http://u.tv/pictures/galleries/777/290x160/AnnaLo.jpg
Anna Lo
Alliance Party's Anna Lo has said she was warned she is under threat of attack.
Monday, 29 June 2009
Anna Lo, who has lived in Belfast for nearly 35 years, is the only member of the Northern Ireland Assembly who is from an ethnic minority background.
On Monday, she told the Assembly she had been warned by police of a threat to attack her.
Ms Lo also received threats in two letters and two emails.
Ms Lo also said she knew of threatening letters sent to Polish and Islamic centres in Belfast by loyalist far-right groups threatening to bomb at least one of the premises.
"People from ethnic minority communities are very frightened," she said.
Ms Lo represents the south Belfast area, where a series of attacks on Romanian families forced more than 100 people from their homes, with most eventually leaving Northern Ireland.
"Myself and a large number of ethnic minority people this weekend and today have received serious threats upon our safety," she said.
"I have never seen ethnic minorities so fearful in Northern Ireland."
She appealed for the First Minister and Deputy First Minister to speed up efforts to agree a new government strategy to tackle racism and sectarianism.
First Minister Peter Robinson said the Cohesion, Sharing and Integration Strategy (CSI Strategy) had yet to be finalised, but he wanted it to be completed without delay.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness also said he hoped a draft CSI strategy was imminent.
The PSNI said it could not comment on individual cases.