Letter Response Masks Weaknesses of Judicial System

September 20, 2013

NEWS FROM CELTIC LEAGUE In response to a letter from the Celtic League, the Deputy Minister of Justice for Lithuania has stated that if Irish prisoner Michael Campbell believes that ‘the actions or decisions in respect of him during the pre trial or

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Lithuania Urged to Review Campbell Case

August 7, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League have urged the Lithuanian government to use its period as presidency of the EU to do more that pay lip service to human rights. In correspondence to both the Ministry of Justice in Vilnius and

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Martin Corey – Northern Ireland Office Respond

June 9, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Office of the Northern Ireland Secretary, Theresa Villiers, has responded to a query from the Celtic League about detained Republican, Martin Corey. The Celtic League wrote last week expressing concerns over the circumstances of his detention (see

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Republican Prisoner Released After Two Years Feudal Incarceration

May 31, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Irish Republican prisoner Marian McGlinchey (Price) has been released from prison in Northern Ireland. Mrs McGlinchey had been held in custody sine May 2011 when an earlier release on licence was revoked by the United Kingdoms Northern

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Well Researched Article Highlights Basque Prisoner Plight

May 31, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Celtic League seldom simply recycles articles from external sources but every so often an item appears which we believe complements concerns that the League has previously articulated. One such article is a well researched piece that was posted

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Scottish Police and Prisons Face CoE Scrutiny

November 14, 2012

SCOTTISH POLICE AND PRISONS FACE CoE SCRUTINY The Council of Europe (CoE) body which carries out inspections of Prisons and Police stations (The Committee for the Prevention of Torture – CPT) paid a visit to the United Kingdom last month. The visit focused

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Cymru Branch Organise Prisoner Commemoration

May 14, 2012

NEWS FROM CELTIC PRESS Members of the Cymru Branch helped to organise a commemoration at Fron-goch recently, to remember those who had been interned at the infamous prison in the north of Wales. The Cymru Branch Information Officer, Aled Cottle, sent the following

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Irish Branch Questions Legality of Detention

May 3, 2012

NEWS FROM CELTIC PRESS The Irish Branch of the Celtic League has written to the UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Owen Patterson MP, to express the concerns of members on the continued incarceration of Marian Price McGlinchey by the British authorities

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Marion Price: Prisoner In Poor health As Internment Continues

April 30, 2012

Despite an emphatic rejection last year by NI Justice Minister, David Ford MLA, of concerns we expressed about the detention of republican activist Marion Price in the all male Maghaberry Prison earlier this year Ms Price was moved to HMP Hydebank wood. The

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Lily Ban Indicates Forceful Resonance of 1916 Symbol

April 30, 2012

It has been reported that republican prisoners at the notorious Maghaberry Prison in Northern Ireland have once again been punished for wearing Easter Lilly symbols this year. Prisoners who wore the symbol to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising are reported to have been

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