Marian Price

[Agent Orange]

Very strange case, isnt she held because they cannot now find a copy of her pardon? She was granted bail on the charges of encoraging support for an illegal organistion.

[4father]

I would imagine on a matter of principle wouldn't want them on white line pickets along with her 32 county comrades

But if its the right thing to do, surely it should be done?

[glens abu]

I would imagine on a matter of principle wouldn't want them on white line pickets along with her 32 county comrades

But if its the right thing to do, surely it should be done?

I am sure if her comrades can organize protests and marches as happened during the Blanket protest and hunger strikes people from all political persuasions and none will join in as happened in 81.I for one would have no problem going in support of her as I did in the early seventies when she was being force-feed in an English jail.

[ardal]

I would imagine on a matter of principle wouldn't want them on white line pickets along with her 32 county comrades

But if its the right thing to do, surely it should be done?

So go and do it then.

Sick and tired of people attacking others for doing nothing or the wrong thing etc, when they themselves have done nowt

[4father]

when they themselves have done nowt

What a ridiculous presumption.

[SHEEDY]

today marks 1 year since marian has been incarcerated without trial at the behest of the british secretary of state. in that timeher mental and physical well being has greatly suffered. its time to end this interment without trial and release her.

[orangeman]

Peter Weir has a lot less sympathy than Alban Mc Guinness


SDLP justice spokesman Alban Maginness has accused the secretary of state of interning dissident republican Marian Price without trial.


Last week a judge dismissed charges against Price and three men arising from an Easter commemoration.

The three men have been released, but Price is still in custody.

She was jailed for the IRA bombing of the Old Bailey in London in 1973, and last year the NI Secretary revoked her release from prison on licence.

She also faces a charge in connection with the murder of two soldiers at Massereene Barracks, but was granted bail in that case.

Alban Maginness said Price has not been allowed due process in law.

"We do not support putting people away in prison because of intelligence or because of some political point of view and we are convinced that she has been detained without trial because of that by the secretary of state," he said.

"She doesn't even have her own counsel to represent her in relation to the intelligence report.

"They appoint a counsel, an outside barrister, to represent her on that - her own defence counsel can't even look at the intelligence report. How is that due process."

However, the DUP's Peter Weir said due process had been followed.

"We have the 2001 legislation and she's in exactly the same position as hundreds of other former prisoners who are out on licence," he said.

"I'm not going to be crying too many tears over Marian Price - she's somebody who got a get out of jail free card in 1980 because she was supposed to be at death's door, 32 years later she's clearly been involved in other activities.

"That has led to the revocation of her licence and she deserves to be in jail."

[Leo]

today marks 1 year since marian has been incarcerated without trial at the behest of the british secretary of state. in that timeher mental and physical well being has greatly suffered. its time to end this interment without trial and release her.

I thought this type of treatment was more the preserve of those who human rights practitioners brought us "the disappeared".

[Hardy]

today marks 1 year since marian has been incarcerated without trial at the behest of the british secretary of state. in that timeher mental and physical well being has greatly suffered. its time to end this interment without trial and release her.

I thought this type of treatment was more the preserve of those who human rights practitioners brought us "the disappeared".

Excellent.

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

today marks 1 year since marian has been incarcerated without trial at the behest of the british secretary of state. in that timeher mental and physical well being has greatly suffered. its time to end this interment without trial and release her.

I thought this type of treatment was more the preserve of those who human rights practitioners brought us "the disappeared".

Excellent.

You can understand gibberish in the English language rightly when you want to ("who human rights practitioners..."?).