Irish Republican Army Part 02 · p.412

onerappearedrinLurganMagis
chargewhichwasnotanoffence
trates'Court where the charges
in the 26counties（membership in
werereadout tohim.All.date
FiannaEireann)and was retumed
back to1979whenhewas16
DefectiveWarrants
years old and relate to possession
TheRUCsentmorewarrants
ofashotgunandpetrol-bombings
in July 1986,a monthbefore
in.the town in November and
Harte was dueforrelease.These
Decemberofthatyear.Hewas
werealsodefectiveandwere
remandedin custody.toappearin
returnedwith.legalqueriesjust
CrumlinRoad.Courthouse on
twodaysbeforethereleasedate.
Friday,August 26th.
Thenextday theRUCsentten
GerryHarteservedasentence
'newwarrantsandfiveofthese
asaRepublicanprisonerinPort-
were backed by the26-county
laoisefrom1982to1986.In1979he
authiorities.When Haite was
had.been-arrestedandcharged
released from.Portlaoise,on
with:petrol-bombinginLurgan,
August29;1986,hewasarrested
buthe'never stood:trial ashe
on thewarrants.PortlaoiseDis-
escapedfrom.juvenile.detention
trict Courtissued anorderforhis
.andfoundrefuge'in.the26coun-
extradition and hewas.giventhe
THOUSA
FOR
THE CENTRE of Dublin,was brought to a standstill for
severalhoursonSaturdaylastasthousandsofpeoplejoin-
edthenationaldemonstrationagainstextraditionjustseven
days before·RobertRussellwasdue tobesentback-to-the
Six Counties.
The colourful parade·wasled
police,interrogation centres and
byabannercallingfortherelease
finallyinhis own case,the misery
of'Robert Russell; pictures of
oftheH-Blocks.
'Goose'andhisthreefellow
After pausing at theDepart-
prisonersfacingextradition-
mentofJusticethemarchwith
OwenCarron,Paul.KaneanidDer-
itsmanybanners.(including one
motFinucane.These'were.follow
from the Fianna Fail Anti-Extrad.
edbya.display illustrating Brit-
itionCommittee)andcontingents
ishtrial-by-mediawith.tabloid
from-all.overlreland went back
headlines like HangIrish Scum,
throughthe south-city centre to
String'emup.Then came two
the GPO. Chairing the rally,
very. special guests.Ina dog.
Mary.Carolan thanked the large
collarand.lead,heldbyhis
crowdfortheirattendanceon
mistress Margaret Thatcher,was
behalfoftheIrishAnti-Extrad
CharlesHaugheymakingsuitably
ition.Committee.Sheintroduced
cringing gestures as.heoffered
the.first speaker, Lily Hill;·the
Thatcherateapotonly
to
motherof Paul Hill,one of the
be belted withherhandbag.
GuildfordFour.
She.pointed
Themarchswelledtoover
totheroleHaugheyandthe
4,000 as itwentfrom Parnell.FiainaFailgovernmentcould
SquarethroughO'ConnellStreet
playinsecuringthereleaseof
andacross theLiffey toSt Steph-
theFour aswellas theBirming
en'sGreenandtheDepartmentof
hamSixandother frame-up
Justice.There,Roslynn Russell
victims.Ontheplightof polit
handed-inaletter toFiannaFail
icalprisonersshesaid:
Justice~Minister, Gerry Collins,
"This is not the life we want
making
alast:minuteappeal
for theIrishpeople.Wetherelat
fortherelease ofherbrother.In
ives suffer with the prisoners.
thecourseoftheletterRoslynn
ButIdon'thearthesilentscream
andJeanRussellsaid:
oftheprisonerinsolitaryconfine-
"Our brother is nota criminal...
ment.1don't have to endure
Robertwouldnotbeinprison
thehumiliationofstrip-searching
wereit.notforhispoliticalbel
thatouryoungmenandwomen
iefsand‘the political situation
areforced to endure."
in the north-eastof our country.
The next speakerwas Marti
He wasborr andgrewup inBel-
-GalvinofIrishNorthernAid
fast'where.his experience of
"1fthey start extraditing
Britishjusticewas-foreignsoldiers
sbreaking.banning’orders then
onour streets,internmentwith-
willbeextraditedmyself"
out trial, special courts, armed .began, referring.:to the,Bri