Silent protest for kidnapped Nigerian girls

A SILENT protest in solidarity with the schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria has been organised to take place in Ennis this Sunday. The event will take place at O’Connell Square, between 2pm and 3pm and has been organised by friends Ayessa Supiana-O’Keeffe and Brenda Barry.

Ayessa said, “We are hoping that a good crowd will attend and show their support for these girls. We have told people to bring candles and handmade signs. Every woman in the world who can, should speak up now in solidarity. Every girl deserves an education and what some girls have to endure to get that education is unthinkable. The mass kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls just trying to get an education and threatened with the unthinkable, being sold in one of the most grotesque examples of human trafficking. We all need to stand together.’’