La dem få vite hva vi synes om behandlingen av Roisin McAliskey!
Ken
>>Subject: IRISH HUMAN RIGHTS - URGENT ACTION REQUEST
>>
>>Dear Friends,
>>
>>Below is a letter drafted by the Britain and Ireland Human Rights Center in
>London. The Center recently coordinated the International Commission (led by
>Ramsay Clarke) which is currently investigating Roisin's case. On November
>20th it will be a year since Roisin's arrest and the international community
>is organising an e-mail lobby in support of the campaign for Roisin's
>immediate release.
>>
>>It is important that as many people as possible take the time to e-mail the
>British and German authorities on the day in question. Please feel free to
>use the standard letter below or write your own.
>>
>>I would also urge everyone who receives this e-mail to SEND IT ON to other
>lists, friends and family with access to e-mail requesting that they do the
>same.
>>
>>The British Prime Minister can be reached at
>><tony.blair@poptel.org.uk>
>>The British Home Secretary at
>><remote-printer.Hon_Jack_Straw@441712733965.iddd.tpc.int>
>>The German Minister of Justice at
>><remote-printer.Dr_Edzard_Schmidt_Jortzig@49228584525.iddd.tpc.int>
>>The German Minister of Foreign Affairs at
>><remote-printer.Dr_Klaus_Kinkel@49228173402.iddd.tpc.int>
>>
>>For more information the Britain and Ireland Human Rights Center can be
>reached at < rapporteur@compuserve.com>
>>
>>Thank you for your support.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>10 Downing Street,
>>London SW1A 2AA
>>
>>
>>November 20, 1997
>>
>>Dear Prime Minister,
>>
>>It is a year ago today that R=F3isín McAliskey was arrested by the RUC and
>>subsequently had an extradition warrant issued against her in connection
>>with the bombing of a British Army barracks in Osnabruck, Germany. In that
>>time she has been interrogated for six days at Castlereagh Interrogation
>>Centre and held for six months while pregnant in prison as a high risk
>>Category A prisoner. As you will recall, it was widely feared at the time
>>that she would have to give birth while in shackles and have the baby taken
>>from her.
>>
>>As a result of the consequent damage to her mental and physical health she
>>is now confined to a mother and baby unit at a psychiatric hospital pending
>>the outcome of legal proceedings. Independent observers have said that the
>>evidence presented by the German authorities is so weak that the case would
>>not get past committal stage in a court of law. Of the four prosecution
>>witnesses only one said he recognised R=F3isín and he later retracted his
>>identification on German Television. The single fingerprint alleged to be
>>R=F3isín's is on a moveable object and therefore lacks the provenance to be
>>admitted as evidence in court. That is the sum of the case against R=F3isín
>>McAliskey. R=F3isín has no previous criminal record, has never been to Germany
>>and can provide alibi evidence for the period she is accused of being there.
>>
>>As a result of this injustice, the horrific and vindictive nature of her
>>treatment over the last 12 months and the threat of having to spend years in
>>a German prison awaiting her trial, this innocent woman has suffered a
>>breakdown. Her doctors believe it will take her years to recover.
>>Unsurprisingly this case has caused great anger in Ireland and
>>internationally. This first anniversary of her arrest will be marked in many
>>cities around the world. At a time when confidence building is so vital and
>>miscarriages of justice like the Birmingham six and the Guildford four are
>>still remembered, there could be severe implications for the peace process
>>if this injustice is prolonged.We, the undersigned, call on you, Prime
>>Minister, to re-assert the basic principles of British justice that this
>>case so clearly defies. R=F3isín McAliskey has no case to answer. Her
>>extradition would not serve the interests of justice. By calling on your
>>government to reject this extradition warrant against her we ask you to help
>>bring this tragic episode to a speedy conclusion.
>>
>>
>>Yours Sincerely,
>>
>
>
Jan Kenrick Glad Jackson
Hovsetervn.96 0768 Oslo, Norway
Tel. 22 49 28 90 Mobil 930 67 772
http://home.sol.no/~kenrick/index.html