Vol.61/No.31 September 15, 1997
Stop The Extradition Of H-Block Four!
About 100 people rallied outside the federal building in
San Francisco August 22 to protest the decision of U.S.
District Judge Charles Legge to deny bail to the remaining
three H-Block Four Irish political prisoners - Kevin Barry
Artt, Pól Brennan, and Terence Kirby. This sets the stage
for their extradition to Northern Ireland, sought by London.
A similar protest was held the same day in San Diego. The
three are among 38 Irish inmates who escaped from the
infamous Long Kesh prison in Northern Ireland in 1983. They
were held in the H-Block part of the jail, known for the
harsh treatment of prisoners. They were arrested in
California between 1992 and 1994 and held for extradition.
Jimmy Smyth, the fourth of the H-Block Four, has already
been deported to N. Ireland. The Irish American Unity
Conference, which organized the protests, is asking people
to demand from U.S. president William Clinton that the
extraditions be stopped and that their rights be included in
the British-Irish all-party talks under way.
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