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The Reverend Chris Hudson MBE, Chairperson of the Stop Sean Garland Extradition Campaign, has written to An Taoiseach Brian Cowen asking him to personally raise the issue of Sean Garland’s extradition on humanitarian grounds with President Barack Obama. The Reverend Hudson said today that the recent raising by Prime Minister David Cameron of the Gary McKinnon case with President Obama clearly showed that such matters can be raised irrespective of the ongoing legal procedures.

“The computer hacker Gary McKinnon is accused of breaking into the Pentagon’s IT systems. He now faces extradition and up to 60 years in jail. Prime Minister Cameron has said that he had talked with Barack Obama about the McKinnon case during his recent visit to the White House and hoped that ‘a way through’ could be found. While President Obama reiterated the US position on the division of powers within his country he added that he hoped ‘we can find an appropriate solution’.

“We too have a special relationship with America and the Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, should follow the example of the Prime Minister and directly raise the matter with the President so that ‘a way through’ can be found. The humanitarian issues raised in relation to Mr McKinnon apply even more so to Sean Garland. He is a septuagenarian veteran of the struggle for peace and justice in Ireland, who is in poor health and extradition to the US could itself constitute a death sentence before he even came to trial.

Issued 24th August 2010

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Petition Signing at the Cavan Fleadh Cheoil on 21/22nd August 2010.

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Ciara Garland supporting the Anti Extradition Campaign at  Cavan Fleadh Cheoil 21/22nd August 2010

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Sean Garland Anti Extradition Campaign attends the Fleadh Cheoil in Cavan 21/22nd August 2010

Members of the Sean Garland anti extradition team

Above: Reverend Chris Hudson (left), Chairman of the Campaign to Stop the Extradition of Sean Garland with campaign Co-Ordinator Valerie Hayes and Organiser Seamus McDonagh at the Workers'  Party Ard Fheis in Ashbourne, Co. Meath.  29th May 2010.
 
Below is an audio recording of Rev. Hudson's address to the conference on the subject of the anti-extradition campaign.

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Sean Garland /Senator David Norris George Brown Commeration Inistioge 25th June 2010

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Sean Garland at the Jim Connell Festival in Crossakiel, Co. Meath

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Arthur Scargill supports the Sean Garland Campaign at the Jim Connell Memorial Festival at Crossakiel May 2010

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Ringsend & District Response to Drugs Presentation attended by Sean Garland and Chris Andrews TD

IRA Column that raided Brookeborough Barracks 1957
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Michael O Brien Philip O'Donoghue, Sean Garland Sean Scott Michael Kelly Paddy O'Regan

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Bob Crowe supporting the Sean Garland Campaign at the Jim Connell Memorial Festival Crossakiel  May 2010
 

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Sean Garland and John Lowry with members of RMT Union at Bodenstown 4th July 2010

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Stop the Extradition of Sean Garland, 48 North Great Georges Street, Dublin 1, Ireland. Tel: (01) 873 3916.