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Date Posted: Sat, Jun 09 2007, 17:27:08 PDT
Author: Irish Freedom Committee
Subject: R�IS�N MCALISKEY REPRIEVE � UPDATES

R�IS�N MCALISKEY REPRIEVE � UPDATES
IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE� - IFC ACTION REQUEST
http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net

Wednesday June 6, 2007

R�IS�N REPRIEVE � UPDATES

The move to extradite R�is�n McAliskey to Germany has been postponed this morning, to grant time for her lawyers to prepare an �abuse of process� application. A new hearing is set for THURSDAY JUNE 27. We consider this news an opportunity for our continued pressure to have a greater impact.

Return calls from the British Consulate to Irish Freedom Committee Members reveal that the British government is PASSING THE BUCK onto Germany, and is telling callers that Britain has no say in R�is�n�s impending extradition. R�is�n�s lawyers think differently!

In their statements today, R�is�n�s lawyers say that their evidence will show that her case has been �politically motivated� at the highest level of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO), and therefore that the British government is culpable in the decision to extradite her. Furthermore R�is�n is in a British courtroom, is classed as a British citizen, and will have to be handed, by Britain, to Germany if the warrant is approved. This is, indeed, an issue that concerns the British government and thereby its foreign representatives the British consulates, so do not let them tell you it is a �German issue�. Yes, we will pressure the German government in time but at present this is in British government hands.

Please take the time to make a call TODAY to make a call to the British Consulate in your area. There is a complete list of that contact information here:
http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net/ACTION_ALERTS/british_consulate_addresses_.htm

Please note in the information below from the Coalition of Irish Republican Women that there are key-pad numbers you must press for each consulate that will get you direct to the proper recording area. Note that it is not necessary to leave your name and callback number but it will lend more credibility if you do.

Please watch for an upcoming PETITION and other news on we what we can all do to save this young mother of two from being faced with a grossly unfair �trial� based on evidence that is over a decade old. Remember that a primary witness in her case, eleven years ago, could not even identify her from her photograph when presented with it on live German television. Remember also that the bid to extradite her eleven years ago was refused by Britain, when the Crown Prosecution Service in England ruled that she had NO CASE TO ANSWER.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6726339.stm
(BBC News 07 06 07 � McAliskey Extradition on Hold)

Please CALL YOUR LOCAL BRITISH CONSULATE
http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net/ACTION_ALERTS/british_consulate_addresses_.htm

More reference material including TALKING POINTS and SAMPLE LETTER are below in the joint news release from the Irish Freedom Committee and the Coalition of Irish Republican Women.

Thank you

The Irish Freedom Committee�
http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net

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The Irish Freedom Committee� is a Nation-wide, Registered Not-for-Profit, wholly U.S.- based organization with no Foreign Principal. We are dedicated to education on the true root causes of the 850-years war against British occupation, and to the humanitarian and charitable support of the dependents of anti-Treaty Irish Republican Political Prisoners.
Visit us on the web at http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net

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�DAY OF ACTION FOR R�IS�N� CONTINUES � CASE POSTPONED!
JUNE 6, 2007

ANNOUNCEMENT

From: The Coalition of Irish Republican Women
http://www.myspace.com/womenofireland

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR R�IS�N MCALISKEY
TUESDAY, JUNE 5TH, 2007

The Coalition of Irish Republican Women and the Irish Freedom Committee request you to join us on Tuesday, June 5th to call, email, fax and/or hand deliver a letter to your nearest British consulate or embassy. The Irish Freedom Committee has a page with all the contact
information here:
http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net/ACTION_ALERTS/british_consulate_addresses_.htm

Some of the phone numbers may go to a �menu,� so if you call and do
not get a live person press the following:

Atlanta: 5
Boston: 4
Chicago: 1
Houston: 5
L.A. : should pick up, if not, call 877-514-1233
San Francisco : 4
New York: should pick up, if not, call 212-745-9391

The British embassy in Washington may be phoned at (202) 588-7800.
For British consulates and embassies outside of the United States, please see
http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029395231

Also, If you haven't already contacted, them, please communicate the same request by email to the NIO and prime minister through the contact forms on their respective webpages:

http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page821.asp
http://www.nio.gov.uk/index/contact-us/enquiry-form.htm

We thank everyone who has already sent e-mails, but we also ask that you join us once again for a big push aimed at the consulates/embassies. This Day of Action is of vital importance to exert some last minute pressure on the British government prior to R�is�n�s extradition hearing on Wednesday, June 6th. Please help!!

Points to raise in your correspondence:

� R�is�n McAliskey has always maintained her innocence, and substantial evidence supports her claim, including an alibi and a principal prosecution witness�s inability to identify her a few months after the attack.

� Britain has already determined that there is insufficient evidence to try R�is�n McAliskey for the Osnabruck attack.

� Almost 11 years have elapsed since the Osnabruck attack, and the passage of time makes it a great deal more difficult to obtain a fair trial and defend against the charges, as witnesses are more difficult to locate and may have died or become incapacitated or too infirm to testify, witnesses� memories naturally will have dimmed or been artificially shaped by intervening publicity, and physical evidence may have deteriorated or be unavailable for testing by the defense.

Sample text :

Honorable Consul General,

I am writing to oppose the extradition of R�is�n McAliskey to Germany and to ask that you inform your government of this communication.

Ms. McAliskey has always denied involvement in the Osnabruck attack and substantial evidence supports her innocence. She was in Ireland at the time of the attack. Within a few months of the attack, one of the chief prosecution witnesses, when interviewed on German
television, was unable to identify Ms. McAliskey as a participant. Consistent with this state of evidence, the British government previously determined there was insufficient evidence to prosecute Ms. McAliskey in Britain. It rejected a request by Germany to take over the prosecution.

In addition, the passage of nearly 11 years since the attack has made it unlikely Ms. McAliskey can obtain a fair trial and defend herself against the charges. Witnesses will have become difficult to locate, and some may have died or become incapacitated. Even available
witnesses� memories will have dimmed substantially or been artificially shaped by intervening publicity about the case. Physical evidence may have deteriorated or be unavailable for testing
by the defense.

I ask that you relay my letter to your government.

Sincerely,

(YOUR NAME/ADDRESS)

Thank you from
The Irish Freedom Committee
http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net
and The Coalition of Irish Republican Women
http://www.myspace.com/womenofireland

For more information go to
http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net/IFC_INFO/EVENTS/roisin_mcaliskey_pickets_june12007.htm
Or
http://tinyurl.com/39u48c (same page smaller url)

ENDS ###############

The IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE

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