RNU CONDEMN IMPRISONMENT of GERRY McGEOUGH

national | crime and justice | press release Monday February 21, 2011 21:42 by RNU PRO - Republican Network for Unity (RNU)

Republican Network for Unity utterly condemns the imprisonment of Gerry McGeough and asks that all principled Republicans work for his immediate release.

Republican Network for Unity utterly condemns the imprisonment of Gerry McGeough and asks that all principled Republicans work for his immediate release.

Gerry McGeough, a devoutly Christian man and a committed father of four, would never have faced a British court nor seen a Maghaberry cell were it not for the principled stand he took against his former party’s endorsement of the British PSNI. In his case, British justice tore the mask from the so-called ‘Peace Process’.

The message sent out from the British state via Judge Stephens to former republican POWs’ and combatants across Ireland was clear. They are considered hostages depending on their political conscience. Such a political settlement can not be considered compatible with Republican ideals.

The incarceration of Gerry McGeough demonstrates once again how the Good Friday Agreement was not an advancement of Republican ideals, and RNU reiterate our commitment to exposing the unfairness and inequality contained within, and the establishment of lasting peace and justice in a free and independent Irish Republic.

Gerry McGeough's incarceration demonstrates how the Stormont regime depends totally on the crushing of dissenting voices and RNU call for his immediate release.