Thanks, Na Claoimhte Solais !
From: Na Claoimhte Solais
Date: May 9, 2008 1:53 PM
A cairde
We have received word of yet another setback for Noel he had applied for transfer to another jail Whitemoor Prison in Cambridgeshire (much nearer London,and to his only visitor ) he was told he was granted the transfer and also told by an Irish embassy official he'd have his application 'fast-tracked' by them. Apparently this isn't happening. He has been informed now by the prison admin people in Full Sutton that his transfer could take up to a year. He's decided to go on protest and expects to be put in solitary next week as a punishment. Nothing is happening yet but next week seems to be when it's likely to be happening. I would ask that we all take a few miniutes to write to Noel at the address Noel Maguire, HMP Full Sutton, York. YO41-IPS, England. Expressing our support and letting him know that he is in our thoughts also below are ways of expressing your disgust at the treatment of this man.
We will keep everyone informed of developments but a thing to remember is Noel is isolated in an English jail being refused repatriation to his homeland, he is going through a really rough patch and feels he is being forced to fight back against the system that is constantly victimizing and putting him through untold mental anquish, so we must let him and those that are imprisoning him that he has some people that support him and will not stand by and let him be treated so inhumanly without a fight .
Write to Noel and show our support
Go raibh maith agaibh
Another Miscarriage of Justice by
Corrupt British System
Noel Maguire
At Noels Trial the Evidence against him ;
The prosecution declared today that there was no direct evidence that any of the three defendants had planted a bomb
Cell site information showed Maguire’s phone had been in the area of a yard in north London where the taxi used in the BBC bomb was bought.
His thumbprints were subsequently discovered on one of the bank notes handed over for the cab.
Repatriation
The right to be repatriated to the country of your citizenship to serve a prison sentence on humanitarian grounds as lay down by the European Directive.
A report by British Irish Rights Watch Committee on the Administration of Justice Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas concluded:
“Prisoners denied a transfer is deprived of contact with their families and their home communities, lessening their chances of successful reintegration on their release.
However, the people who suffer most from the failure to transfer prisoners are their families, who are prevented by the long distances involved, the cost of the journey,
And in some cases poor health, from visiting their relatives. Families visiting republican prisoners in England have sometimes arrived to find that their relative has been moved to another prison many miles away without their having been informed, a practice known as “ghosting”. Relatives have also been subjected to strip searches and been held under emergency laws when visiting their loved ones.
The UK government has consistently put its own political agenda before any humanitarian consideration or any notion of respect for fundamental human rights where the transfer of prisoners is concerned”
A knife attack on Noel last year by 2 inmates who have since been charged with attempted murder is an indication of the seriousness of the situation
Noel Maguire is the last remaining Irish political prisoner still incarcerated in an English jail.
All his co accused have been repatriated as was their rights as Irish Citizens
Reasons Noel should be repatriated:
• He is an Irish citizen and holds a valid Irish Passport, issued in
Dublin
• He easily qualifies for repatriation under the European directive,
Which allows prisoners to be moved back to their own country to
Serve their sentence closer to their family for purely humanitarian
Reasons. He has not seen his children in 6 Years.
• There was an attempt to murder Noel last year in which he received
Serious knife wounds.
If left alone and isolated his life would be
Constantly under threat!
• His physical and mental well being is in jeopardy if the Irish
Government refuses him the right to be brought home to serve his
Sentence in an Irish Jail
Contact this email Politicalstatus@AOL.com
Support Noel Maguire in his fight as an Irish Citizen to be repatriated on humanitarian ground
Noel is a native of Co Fermanagh although he has family and children who live in Ireland he is 36
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Urgent Appeal
A cairde
We are urging everyone, friends, members and concerned individuals to assist in our efforts to continue the pressure on the 26 County Government to Repatriate Noel Maguire from England to jails in the 26 counties as is his right.
The names and addresses and sample letter is below so you can use the sample letter provided, reword it or write your own.
Write or e-mail:
Brian Lenihan
Minister for Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
94 St.
Stephen's Green
Dublin 2
Phone: + 353 1 602-8202
Email : pagemaster@justice.ie
Constituency Office
Laurel Lodge Shopping Centre
Dublin 15
Phone: + 353 1 822-0970
Addresses to send letters to Contact in USA
EMBASSY OF IRELAND, WASHINGTON DC
ADDRESS:
Embassy of Ireland
2234 Massachusetts Ave.
NW
Washington, DC 20008
TELEPHONE:
(202) 462 3939
FAX:
(202) 232 5993
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CONSULATE GENERAL, NEW YORK
ADDRESS:
Consulate General of Ireland
Ireland House
345 Park Avenue
17th Floor
New York NY 10154-0037
TELEPHONE:
General Information - (212) 319 2555
FAX:
Consulate : - (212) 980 9475
E- MAIL:
congenny@AOL.com
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CONSULATE GENERAL, CHICAGO
ADDRESS:
Consulate General of Ireland
400 N.
Michigan Avenue, Suite 911
Chicago, IL 60611
TELEPHONE:
(312) 337.
1868
FAX:
(312) 337 1954
E- MAIL:
irishconsulate@sbcglobal.net
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CONSULATE GENERAL, SAN FRANCISCO
ADDRESS:
Consulate General of Ireland
100 Pine St.
, 33rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
TELEPHONE:
(415) 392 4214
FAX:
(415) 392 0885
E- MAIL:
irishcgsf@earthlink.net
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CONSULATE GENERAL OF IRELAND, BOSTON
ADDRESS:
Consulate General of Ireland
535 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
TELEPHONE:
(617) 267 9330
FAX:
(617) 267 6375
E- MAIL:
irlcons@aol.com
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Sample letter
Dear Sir
I write to you on behalf of the Noel Maguire as it concerns his repatriation back to Ireland from a British jail and your refusal to accept Noels application thus seemingly stripping him of his Irish Citizenship and the civil rights that are associated with it.
It is unconscionable that the Irish government continues to refuse to repatriate Noel. It is claimed that he has no close relatives living in the 26 counties, this is untrue as Noel's wife and their two children in fact live within an hour’s drive of Portlaoise Prison in Co Laois and are willing to visit him should he be repatriated. He also has two sisters and a brother in Ireland.
Noel Maguire - who is from Co Fermanagh but hold a valid 26 County passport more than qualifies for repatriation on the grounds of the European Directive as an Irish National.
His mental and physical health must be close to breaking point with the way he is being unfairly treated these continued delays which are tantamount to psychological torture.
On humanitarian grounds I ask that the decision to refuse repatriation be reconsidered and he can return home to serve his sentence and be closer to his family.
Please act now!
Thank you.
Is mise Le meas
"Your Name"
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