Rosemary Nelson Day - June 15th Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Press Release 12th June 1999 International Day of Action on June 15th. The International Day of Action called by the Rosemary Nelson Campaign for Truth and Justice on June 15th, will mark three months since the courageous human rights lawyer was murdered by a car bomb. Campaign spokesperson Dr Robbie McVeigh said: This is an opportunity for the international community to register its continuing concern at the failure of the British Government to respond to the demands of theNelson family for an independent investigation and inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Rosemarys death. It marks the start of a billboard campaign around the world. These billboards carry the simple question: "Mr. Blair & Mr. Ahern: If You Don't Defend Human Rights Lawyers, Who Will Defend Human Rights?" >From Lurgan itself, the hometown of Rosemary Nelson, through Belfast, Derry and Dublin, the US and as far away as New Zealand, people will be focusing on the campaign for truth and justice for Rosemary Nelson. The event in Washington will be particularly high-profile. Congress Members Ben Gilman, Richie Neal, Chris Smith, Don Payne, Peter King and Joe Crowley have scheduled a Capitol Hill press conference for June 15th at which the House Committee Chairpersons will ask why the British Government has totally failed to respond to U.S. Congress Resolution HR 128 and why the RUC remains centrally involved in investigating whether its own members acted in collusion with those who planted the bomb that killed Rosemary Nelson. British and Irish consulates throughout the U.S. -- including Washington D.C., New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Portland OR, Cleveland, San Francisco and Denver -- have been deluged with letters asking the governments' representatives to meet with human rights groups and explain why, three months after Rosemary's assassination, her husband and children are still being denied a truly independent international investigation and judicial inquiry into her murder. In Dublin, a billboard campaign asking, Mr Ahern, if you dont defend human rights lawyers, who will defend human rights? will be launched. In Belfast, Derry and London, the same question will be asked of the British Prime Minister, Mr Blair, if you dont defend human rights lawyers, who will defend human rights? In Belfast, there is a celebration of the life of Rosemary Nelson in Clonard at 5.00 on June 15 the day before the start of the Clonard Novena. A similar service is to be held in Rosemary Nelsons home town of Lurgan. For more information please visit the website at