Wednesday 31 July 2013

So many suffered during the queues the Weekend and Spanish Government still continue with Incursions in our Waters and stopping Goods entry to Gibraltar as well as people!


Spain Still continue to do their bullying against Gibraltar.

Today back to the Guardia Civil incursions in our British Gibraltar Territorial Waters!

GC being escorted off the premises this morning, NW Gib Bay photo courtesy M. Porral







No matter how much Press have covered the cruel and inhumane treatment to thousands of people caught in the queues - Spain still continues with the bullying.

Yesterday Tuesday the 30th July not only did the Spanish Guardia Civil start the queues to come into Gibraltar but then later to get into Spain!

Do the Spanish Government not realise that they are going to kill someone very soon by forcing innocent people in the thousands to sit in their cars in over 35 degrees?

Why is the United Nation for Human Rights?

Why is the European Union?

This treatment has to stop! No human being deserves to be treated in this manner! Basically there is very little difference between these Spanish actions and what terrorists have been doing all around the world! 

No one from any country has the right to detain people in this manner and treat them without any care for what could happen to the babies, chiildren, the frail, elderly etc.

I guess they will only stop when someone actually dies from heat exhausation! 

Below is just a bit of how the local lad's mother whose son was brutally beaten on Sunday has felt:

"My son was beaten up at the small holding station before he was taken to their central station. I was assured he was fine by the captain there. Of course I was not able to see him until he was released this afternoon. I have taken him to our own Police Station where a statement has been taken and a Forensic doctor has examined him and photographs taken. My son is , thankfully, a very strong young man but he has severe bruising on his chest, upper arms and very swollen and bleeding wrists. His knees and elbows are chaffed from being dragged across the floor. He was thrown on the floor of this small holding room face down where he was stamped on his handcuffed hands. There's more.......but is this not enough?"

 So no matter how the Spanish Government can try to excuse this behaviour - there is no excuse!

What they are resorting to do is a tactic that their previous Dictor Leader Franco did to Gibraltar just before he decided to close it!

The Minister for Foreign Affairs from UK has tried to stop this bullying but it has as always reached DEAF EARS to his counterpart Mr Margallo! Spain is intent on making matters worse and be sure the next thing they will try to attack is our Bunkering business that is done in OUR waters!

Spain is in a financial crisis and in the middle of Government corruption cases - so what is hte best they can do to avoid riots to get them out of Government - target Gibraltar. In other wordsthey change the focus on what is really important to what is not!

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Then we have to fight for UK Government to stand up for the people of Gibraltar and they do not - they only appease.

How can this also happen? Well what do you expect if UK Government have ministers who have no loyalty to Gibraltar like Nick Clegg who is married to a Spanish woman! He is now putting his personal life before the many thousands of us suffering daily at the hands of SPAIN!

How can anyone in their right mind expect this Minister to be unbiased! This is so wrong!


Clegg refuses to boycott Spain over Gibraltar row - ITV News
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Read Clegg refuses to boycott Spain over Gibraltar row latest on ITV News. All the Politics news

This Deputy Prime Minister has not even named his children English names - I rest my case of where his allegiances are!
Personal details
Born Nicholas William Peter Clegg
7 January 1967 (age 46)
Chalfont St Giles, England
Political party Liberal Democrats
Spouse(s) Miriam González Durántez (2000–present)
Children Antonio
Alberto
Miguel
Alma mater Robinson College, Cambridge
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
College of Europe
Religion None (agnostic)[1]
Website nickclegg.com
nickclegg.org.uk
a. ^ Office vacant from 27 June 2007 – 11 May 2010

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Guardia Civil boards vessel in Gib waters


Author: GBC
Date: 31 July 2013

The Guardia Civil has today again taken executive action within British Gibraltar Territorial Waters.  Civil Guard officers went on board a Spanish-registered yacht when it was sailing between the south and the Detatched Mole. They then took the vessel to La Linea.
As a norm, the Guardia Civil reports any suspicious activity to the Royal Gibraltar Police, but this did not happen on this occasion.  A spokesman for the RGP told GBC that in the main, both law enforcement agencies enjoy a good working relationship.  ******************************************************************************

 THE TIMES SENDS STRONGLY WORDED MESSAGE TO MADRID
In an editorial entitled ‘Spain should respect Gibraltarians’ wish to be ruled from Britain’ The Times yesterday sent one of its firmest views expressed in recent decades calling on Spain to form their policies around the concept of consent.
The editorial stated:

“To be made to sit in a car for six hours in searing heat may not be the worst instance of arbitrary power but it is heavy-handed. It is what Spanish border guards have required, with rigorous searches of vehicles, in recent days at the crossing point into Gibraltar. Although the Spanish Foreign Ministry maintains that Spain has the right and obligation to exercise controls, there is little doubt about what sparked them. Gibraltar constructed an artificial reef last week to deter Spanish fishing.

The dispute between Britain and Spain over the sovereignty of Gibraltar is longstanding. It has no immediate prospect of being resolved because Britain has a democratic obligation to the Rock’s 30,000 inhabitants. They want Gibraltar to remain a British overseas territory. The British Government should uphold that wish and the Spanish Government should respect it.

Under the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713, the town and harbour of Gibraltar were ceded to Britain “to be held and enjoyed absolutely with all manner of right for ever”. No British government would insist on maintaining this provision just for a piece of rock covering two and a half square miles, however. The crucial principle is consent. Gibraltarians do not consent to a transfer of sovereignty.

Spain has every right to seek to persuade the people of Gibraltar of the advantages of such an arrangement. Nor should democratic governments in Madrid be tarnished by the record of the Franco dictatorship, which restricted movement across the frontier with Gibraltar from 1965 to 1968 and then closed it. The Government of Mariano Rajoy, however, is inviting the comparison by its behaviour. It should stop.

As partners in the EU and Nato, Britain and Spain are committed to democratic principles and have common ends. Spain needs to accept that democracy applies to Gibraltar too.”

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Meanwhile -
Spor o Gibraltar: Španělé dusí Brity na hranicích
www.euroskop.cz

Obyvatelé Gibraltaru, kteří chtěli o víkendu opustit své ani ne 7kilometrové území, čekaly na hranic...

 
And



Gibraltar accuses Spain of causing border delays
au.news.yahoo.com

GIBRALTAR (AFP) - Britain said it had
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So now we  need to enforce the full law to all those who break any of our laws as we cannot have our people illtreated and any other person either!

One example that our RGP has to enforce the law is below - So wake up RGP and do your job to this person who is blatntly getting away with unsocial behaviour, illegal fishing and illeal fishing means! That is to name but a few!

Home | Local | The pirate of BGTW

The pirate of BGTW

By  
The pirate of BGTW
CM stated that the Government could not interfere and that it was a matter for the police.

 The Editor,
31st July 2013. 


I thought that we had heard it all, but far from it. We now have the skipper of the fishing boat ‘Divina Providencia’ using threatening language as to the removal of the concrete blocks—or else. 


There are two options in dealing with this individual. Firstly his boat is in continuous violation of trespassing into BGTW and therefore must be arrested by the Police, reason the current CM stated that the Government could not interfere and that it was a matter for the police. Next instead of the huge flag being paraded, he should instead fly the Cross and Bones, after all they always call us pirates, who is the pirate now? 


The outcome could then end up in an International Court of Law and this will give Spain the opportunity to tell the whole world that the 1713 Treaty is way above all other legislation, but also give our Legal representative the opportunity to request their adherence to the wording of Articles ii, vi and xi same treaty, not forgetting Treaty of Seville and Treaty of Versailles.
Yours faithfully,
W.L.Chamberland.

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 Below is our Press release by Gareth Gingell Chairman and Spokesman for Defenders of Gibraltar

PRESS RELEASE FROM DEFENDERS OF GIBRALTAR

FRONTIER SAGA

The Defenders of Gibraltar would like to thank all those people, groups, organizations and political parties who helped during one of the most tumultuous weekends Gibraltar has ever had to endure courtesy of the Spanish Governments medieval approach to Diplomacy.

The situation which unfolded this past weekend was simply a completely unnecessary and avoidable tragedy to witness; thousands of elderly, infirm and young children were needlessly subjected to being sat in 7 hour queues and 30*C temperatures.

It was because of being witness to this tragedy that we made requests through Social Media for volunteers to help distribute water and explain to individuals who was to blame for the situation of the queues; with thousands of tourists in the queue, we felt it was best to be able to speak to individuals and explain first hand who was to blame for this mess and what they could do to help (complain first hand to their local or EU political representatives). We had a very positive response from the individuals affected and the vast majority were very quick to make complaints there and then using their mobile phones or via the internet.

We must never forget that during humanitarian situations one must cast aside political stances or differences of nationality. In situations such as the one which occurred last weekend we Gibraltarians rose to the challenge and showed that ultimately we are human above all else and share a common goal in looking after each other. We showed that we are better than our neighbours Government, which commits itself to using such medieval tactics at the frontier to get their way. We must never lose the moral high ground and reduce ourselves to their level. We must continue to show that whilst they continue to treat us inhumanely, we treat their own with kindness. Do not underestimate the strength and gravity of this message.

One of the most harrowing incidents to occur at the frontier this weekend was the unnecessary brutality inflicted upon a local Gibraltarian who had done no wrong. Luckily, the incident was recorded by us and uploaded within the hour to social media platforms – news of the incident spread around the world in seconds and undoubtedly had an effect on the level of diplomatic pressure exerted on the Spanish Government. This is a testament to the speed with which Gibraltarians act to protect each other, and is a positive indicator of the strength of our community. Long may this continue!

We would like to also put forth an idea for both the Governments of Gibraltar and the UK to consider in ensuring a sufficient buffer to preventing Spain conducting such inhuman tactics at the border in the future:

“Formally request the European Union to provide for an individual from the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders ("FRONTEX") to be permanently stationed at the Gibraltar / Spain frontier at all times to monitor and report the level of traffic flow. This would ensure European accountability at all times for any deterioration in the flow of traffic and ensure that the full weight of European diplomatic pressure can be exerted on Spain should it continue to act in such inappropriate ways.”

We feel that the above idea has merit in ensuring that Spain is held to account at all times when it chooses to wield the free flow of traffic as a weapon against us. It would also serve to remind the EU of their responsibility to the well being of Gibraltarians and other fellow EU citizens wherever they may be in Europe; and that we Gibraltarians are also fellow EU citizens.

Unfortunately we believe that the Spanish Government will continue to wield the free flow of traffic at the frontier as a weapon in the near future, albeit predominantly from their side given the justified negative media attention they have received from their actions this weekend. It is of paramount importance that regardless of the excuses emanating from Madrid that we do not back down as a people. One should always stand up to the bully no matter what. If we do not stand up to the action taken by the bully and give in, the implications are too dire to even consider. A relationship must be built on mutual respect and understanding, which is clearly lacking from Spain when it wishes to impose its desire to have its way whilst holding a gun to our heads.

There are difficult times ahead thanks to the Spanish Government, which even before it was elected already expressed its desire to bring an end to tri-partite talks and ‘get serious’ with Gibraltar. If it was not the fishing dispute, it would be sovereignty of BGTW. If it was not sovereignty of BGTW, it would be the Isthmus. If it was not the Isthmus, it would be the airspace. If it was not the airspace, it would be the environment. If it was not the environment, it would be our economy. If it was not the economy, it would be our right to self-determination.

In summary the problem does not lie here in our homeland, but directly in the corridors of power in Madrid. Let us all stand fast as a people and be as unmoving as our mother rock.

Never give up,
Never give in.
Stand fast against the bully,
Or you will never win.

By Gareth Gingell
Chairman and Spokesperson of the Defenders of Gibraltar

SPECIAL THANKS FOR ASSISTANCE OVER THE WEEKEND GO TO (in no particular order):

HM Government of Gibraltar
His Excellency the Governor and Deputy Governor
HM Opposition
Royal Gibraltar Police
Gibraltar Defence Police
Duncan Gomila
Chief Minister Fabian Picardo
Minister John Cortes
Minister Steven Linares
GSLP Youth
Opposition Minister Daniel Feetham
Opposition Minister Edwin Reyes
GSD Youth
Residents of Catalan Bay
Motorcycle Club
Calpe Hounds
Master Services
Fire Brigade
Ambulance Service
HEOs
Borders and Coastguard
Saccone and Speed
Aqua Gib
Kevin Sanchez
Members of the DoG

Lastly, my heartfelt gratitude to the volunteers who answered the call for assistance in the distributing of water and information, and to those who took so many photographs and videos. Gibraltar owes you all a debt of gratitude for the sterling work you all did over the weekend.
 Anne-Marie Struggles

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