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Date Posted: Sun, Apr 01 2007, 21:24:43 PDT
Author: Irish Freedom Committee-via IA-PL Newsroom
Subject: Day of action for PoW Noel Maguire

iapl_newsroom32@hotmail.com Printed: Sunday, April 1, 2007 8:21 PM
Sent : Friday, March 30, 2007 2:54 PM
TODAY: International Day of Action for Noel Maguire

Friday March 30, 2007

1. TODAY: International Day of Action for Noel Maguire
2. Picket at Chicago Irish Consulate
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1. TODAY: International Day of Action for Noel Maguire

Please take a moment TODAY to contact your local Irish Consulate to
protest the ongoing internment of Irish citizen Noel Maguire in a
British jail. You can phone, fax or e-mail � details for contacting
your local consulate are below.

Noel has been fighting to be repatriated to serve the remainder of his
22 year sentence in Ireland, as is his right under the European
Convention on the Transfer of Prisoners. Noel is an Irish citizen
with no ties to Britain. He has two small children who he has not
seen in six years. Repatriation is a right guaranteed to all Irish
citizens imprisoned in Britain. Noel is not asking for special
treatment, just that his repatriation papers be given a fair hearing
by the Dublin Department of Justice. All of Noel's co-accused were
successfully repatriated last year, ask your consulate why the
continued delay with Noel?

For info on contacting your local Irish Consulates (New York, Boston,
Chicago, San Francisco) go to:
http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net/ACTION_ALERTS/free_state_addr.htm

For a Sample Letter to email or fax, please go to:
http://www.geocities.com/starry.plough/noelgetinvolved.htm

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2. Picket FRIDAY NOON at Irish Consulate for Irish POW Noel Maguire
March 30, 2007
CHICAGO

The Irish Freedom Committee will picket the Irish Consulate in Chicago
MARCH 30, 2007 from Noon to 2:00 PM to protest the continued
refusal of the Irish government to repatriate an Irish citizen, Noel
Maguire, from a British jail to one in Ireland. This refusal to grant
an Irish citizen the humanitarian provisions guaranteed under the
European Convention is tantamount to cruelty.

IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE PICKET
IRISH CONSULATE
400 N. MICHIGAN AVE. (at Chicago river)
NOON - 2 PM

+++++++++++++ March 30, 2007 - International Day of Action for Noel
Maguire +++++++++++++

WHO IS NOEL MAGUIRE?

Noel Maguire is an Irish citizen who has been held in a British jail
since 2001. Seven other Irish political prisoners, previously held
alongside him, have all been repatriated to serve their sentences in
Ireland. Noel is the only Irish political prisoner still incarcerated
in an English jail.

Noel has applied to be repatriated to Ireland, to serve the remainder
of his 22-year sentence in an Irish jail, where he can be closer to
his family and his two small children, who he has not seen in six
years. His right to be repatriated is guaranteed under the European
Convention on the Transfer of Prisoners and by virtue of his Irish
citizenship. This Internationally recognized humanitarian right allows
prisoners to serve their sentences in their country of origin, to be
closer to their families.

For six years, Noel has requested to be repatriated to Ireland.
Repeatedly, the Department of Justice in Dublin has refused his right.
The last of Noel's co-accused were finally repatriated to Ireland in
December 2006; one of whom, Aidan Hulme, suffered gross medical
neglect throughout his long internment at Belmarsh prison.
While in Full Sutton prison Noel has been held in isolation, and was
recently brutally attacked in his cell. He is now living in fear for
his life. As Irish Americans, we cannot see how the Dublin government
can deliberately continue to endanger the life of an Irish citizen.

Noel is not seeking special treatment, just that his application for
repatriation be given a fair hearing by the Department of Justice.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Please PHONE, FAX, E-MAIL or WRITE to the Consulate General of Ireland
today. A sample letter and contact information is linked below. Please
ask that the Irish Consulate record your message of concern for the
safety of a passport-holding Irish citizen. Ask that the Irish
government repatriate Noel Maguire immediately to serve his sentence
in Portlaoise prison, Ireland, where he has small children and family
living nearby. It is cruel to continue to deny two young children the
humanitarian right to visit their father.
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PLEASE CONTACT THE IRISH CONSULATE TODAY - DEMAND REPATRIATION FOR
IRISH CITIZEN NOEL MAGUIRE!!

****For addresses of consulates across the United States, as well as a
SAMPLE LETTER, please go to
www.geocities.com/starry.plough/noelmaguire.htm
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Please send cards and letters of support to Noel Maguire!

NOEL MAGUIRE
Full Sutton Prison
Moor Lane, Stamford Bridge
York, YO41-IPS England

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Please join our pickets TOMORROW for Noel Maguire

IRISH CONSULATE
400 N. MICHIGAN AVE. (at Chicago river)
NOON - 2 PM

Stop by and get more information; or join us in protesting the
continued abuse of an Irish citizen's basic human rights, by his own
government.

For more information:
THE IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE P.O. Box 11417, Chicago IL 60611
www.irishfreedomcommittee.net

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