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Representatives from the
Irish Freedom Committee were invited to participate in the 2004 Jericho
Movement Prisoners' Amnesty Conference, held Dec. 10 - 12, 2004 in New
York City. Deirdre Fennessy and Richard Wallace (IFC Chicago)
and Owen Sullivan (IFC Boston)
represented Irish Republican Political Prisoners at the conference. A spokesperson for the IFC, Deirdre Fennessy,
and spoke about ongoing
human rights abuses in Irish and British jails, and black propaganda efforts on the
outside to destroy support. Political prisoners from many nations
were represented including-- in addition to Ireland-- the United States,
Puerto Rico, Native America, Cuba, Dominican Republic, South America,
Palestine, Basque, Africa, and more. |