The refusal of bail to two US Peace veterans in Ireland has stirred up concern about issues of Irish justice and fairness both in Ireland and in the USA
The refusals on 18 and 20 March in Ennis District court means that the Peace Veterans are still in prison in Limerick, Ireland.
The US Peace organisations Veterans for Peace , Stop These Wars and Codepink have staged protests in Washington, Santa Fe, New York and other places while the Nuclear Resister has published extensively and supportively on the action of the peace veterans.
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In Ireland, supporters have written to the Taoiseach, the Tanaiste and various Ministers demanding that the veterans be released. Amnesty International has been contacted.
Ed Horgan of Shannonwatch hsa called for supporters to lobby TDs and Ministers and to write letters of support to Ken and Tarak at Limerick prison, Mulgarve Steet Limerick.
A lawyer in Belfast believes that the bail refusal is wrong as it was based solely on the "seriousness" of the alleged crime - which is not a legal basis for refusing bail.
Tarak and Ken will appear in CLOVERHILL High Court in Dublin on Thursday 28 March at 11 a.m. where the decision to deny them bail will be appealed.
Meanwhile Ken and Tarak have received visits in prison from activists John Lannon and Sean Clinton. And The Nuclear Resister reports (all the way from America) that prison staff in Limerick are friendly and good humoured and that the food is better then in US jails!
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