Free Seamus Doherty

by Reibiliun Sat Oct 23, 2004 20:41

Further images of todays march.

by Fuse Sun Oct 24, 2004 21:46

An innocent man imprisoned is a terrible thing - if that's the case. I really don't know and never heard of this man before today. It wouldn't surprise me to hear yet again the powers that be have dirty hands.

But terrorists and murderers who support rallies for 'justice' are a mockery. This is their handy work around the globe....

Those who make bombs, shoot guns and pursue killing in the name of...what do they know of justice or human rights?

by Rude Boy Mon Oct 25, 2004 22:04

This is the same twisted logic that many find themselves pumping out as soon as they hear or see anything about the 'BLACK NORTH'.

I was glad to see people taking part in the project that is indymedia from the North despite the rantings of the previous poster. What a dumb sicko you are!

This is the same twisted logic that people here jump to when someone such as myself speaks of and supports justice for the people of Palestine. They'd link this with the 'WAR ON TERROR' or some such rubbish, or worst!

The site managers of indymedia should simply remove the last post and let those of us like myself get educated about the continued injustise such as British establishment have clearly delt Seamus Doherty and his family.

Lets have MORE postings from the six counties, more solidarity with people actually in struggle!

I agree free Seamus Doherty!

by Derry IRSP - IRSP Wed Oct 27, 2004 12:13 derryirsp at hotmail dot com PO Box 1981, Derry 028 71 262999

IRSP SPEECH AT FREE SEAMUS DOHERTY CAMPAIGN MARCH IN DERRY ON SATURDAY 23RD OCTOBER 2004

Friends and Comrades,

Can I begin today by thanking the organizers of today’s event for their kind invitation to speak. We in the Republican Socialist Movement are no strangers to the type of tactics that are currently being employed against Seamus Doherty. Since our formation thirty years ago the leading lights in our movement have been assassinated and taken out of circulation. We had the killing of the founding father of the IRSM Seamus Costello, gunned down by counter revolutionaries in Dublin just three years after he helped form the IRSM. We suffered through the prison struggles of the late seventies and early eighties losing men on hunger strike while many more suffered degrading and dehumanizing treatment at the hands of the sectarian and hate filled screws. We had members arrested, tortured and put on trial for the great train robbery in Sallins in Co Kildare despite there being no evidence for such charges. These men were detained by the infamous “Heavy Gang” which was the 26 county’s answer to militant revolutionary republicanism. We also lost many members through the failed supergrass show trials of the early eighties and in 1987 and again in 1996 the IRSM was forced to defend it’s members from outside attacks which were inspired by sinister forces from the so-called security forces. The reason I am mentioning the attacks on our movement is to provide inspiration to the friends, family and supporters of Seamus Doherty. Because despite these attacks on our movement we have come through them more determined and stronger than before to reach our goals.

Despite all of this the IRSM has stood firm. We have come through all these attacks from various agencies of the British and Irish states. Seamus Doherty is undoubtedly a victim of the British state fitted up and left to rot in Maghaberry. So too is Dessie O’Hare, an INLA prisoner from Armagh who is currently being held hostage by the Free State regime in contravention of agreements that they themselves have signed up to. We in the IRSP are sure we can depend on your support in the campaign to free Dessie.

To members of the wider nationalist community who continue to ignore the plight of Seamus and others like him we have this to say, “It is time to wake up and smell the coffee, the new PSNI is just the RUC in a new uniform. Their actions in the continuing incarceration of Seamus is proof if any was needed that the RUC cannot be reformed into something that is acceptable to the people of this city and across the north. This sectarian paramilitary force has nothing positive to offer the people of this city. The cheerleaders of this force such as Denis Bradley and other puppets in the District Police Partnerships are attempting to put a gloss on the PSNI and to make them more acceptable, whatever that means. We say here loud and clear, the reformed RUC under the guise of the PSNI will never be acceptable to the people of this city!” We would also like to reiterate the belief of the IRSP that the British establishment has no fundamental right to imprison any Irish person. We seldom hear this sentiment expressed. No matter what charges are brought they are brought illegally by a British police and a British court system in occupied Ireland.

And to Seamus, his family and friends we offer our unconditional support. Seamus is suffering the same oppression that we are all too familiar with but we are sure that self-belief exists and that that determination will win through. We have watched and supported the campaign to win Seamus’ freedom and we admire the determination and energy that exists within that campaign and that gives us confidence that Seamus will be home soon.

Thank you

by rooster Sat Oct 30, 2004 15:34

Take this quote as an example:

"Not only do we demand the release of Seamus Doherty but we also call for all cases where DNA evidence has been used to hold or convict republicans to be thrown out of court, it is obvious nothing from these sources can be trusted."

so in cases where this evidence was used to convict republicans the should be released, Why only republicans? What makes them so special? Maybe they think that the law should apply to everyone else and not them? Maybe thats because thy are soooooooo special?
In many cases when young girls are raped DNA evidence is the only thing that can be used to convict rapists, so effectivley the launcher of this post is a rapist/paedophile defender!

by jarlath Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:36

As republicans they are POWs and therefore are not subject to brit law and any crimes committed are done to free Ireland from the capitalist brit barbarians.

by rooster Wed Nov 03, 2004 13:34

Keeping his head down is he?

by barry Thu Nov 04, 2004 05:48

Rooster me old cock, the point you seeem to have missed is that in recent months , DNA and other evidence emanating from the supposedly independent Forensic labs has been proved conclusively to have been tampered with in the case of REPUBLICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS (dduuuhhhhh!!!!)

This has been as a result of senior RUC/PSNI special branch operatives BEING CAUGHT OUT leaning on members of staff and encouraging them to come up with the "right result". This has been admitted in open court.
A number of cases in recent months have also resulted in acquitals rather than have details of tampered evidence and the use of dirty tricks, frame ups and entrapment emerge in the public domain. Forensic lab scientists have alleged under oath that it is common practice for these political policemen to pressure and cajole staff to fit up REPUBLICAN PRISONERS with dodgy PLANTED evidence.

That is why DNA evidence CANNOT be relied upon IN THE CASES OF REPUBLICANS. The Forensic labs have now been proven on a number of occasions to be non-independent, therefore the evidence is absolutely tainted in these POLITICAL CASES.

As for defendinding rapists/paedophiles the cases of Kincora boys home, William McGrath and Vincent McKenna LEAP to mind. The state protected those scum for years.

The IRSP, on the other hand ,would I imagine have a ...ahem... less tolerant view of these type of "people" and so are undeserving of your ignorant response to their post on this site, ....you idiot.

by Fuse Sat Nov 06, 2004 21:17

Oh, ok Rudeboy, i get it: there are terrorists and 'terrorists'. Ach, and I was getting them confused.

All those innocent civilians cut down while going about their daily business in my province over my lifetime aren't really dead - because we don't really have terrorists - we only have political activists!

To say otherwise means I'm a British-Nazi-sicko supporting Bush's Big Brother propoganda!

And even if we did have terrorists - they're ok - it's those other types of gun running, money laundering, bomb making, pistol whiping, drug racketeering, kidnapping, population repressing, blockade forming masked villans that are evil henchmen.

It's called an opinion, it's very simple: free the innocent, convict 'murderers'. Stop the killing.

by Barry Tue Nov 16, 2004 23:23

Seamus Doherty freed. Case against him such a blatant stitch up juge threw it out of court. RUC agent who set men up refuses to appear in court.

by Seamus Doherty Campaign - Seamus Doherty Campaign Wed Nov 17, 2004 01:08

The Free Seamus Doherty Campaign are delighted to tell you that Seamus has been released.
Full details on the 32 csm forum.

by Seamus Doherty Campaign - Seamus Doherty Campaign Wed Nov 17, 2004 01:24

An INNOCENT man HAS been FREED !!!!!!!!!!!!

by Barry Wed Nov 17, 2004 03:52

I see the PSNI leopard hasnt changed its RUC spots. Caught out lying through their stinking lying no good teeth AGAIN !!!!

Hopefully the mean-spirited pro-brits who have been sniping away here at Seamus' plight will remember what they said, write it down, put it on a plate and eat some HUMBLE WORD PIE !!!!!

by dave Thu Nov 25, 2004 06:56

a few days ago

by rooster Sun Dec 12, 2004 17:15

Or maybe where theres smoke theres ..........