Campaign Launch:
John Brady is a political hostage from
Strabane, who has been detained since June 2004 with no charges
pending against him other than on the orders of the (then)
secretary of state Paul Murphy. His legal team expected him to
be released at the beginning of September 2005 after a
successful application was made to the sentence review board,
and supported by Fr. Denis Faul.
On Thursday 1st of September
John was taken from his prison cell in Maghaberry Goal to Antrim
road RUC interrogation centre. John was later charged with the
attempted murder of a Royal Irish Regiment soldier in Sion Mills
in 2002.
The evidence against John is of a DNA
nature and because of the length of time and the fact that John
had been questioned and released regarding this incident; they
are considering taking a case of abuse of process.
This case and a number of cases which have
collapsed over the past number of years, bare striking
similarities. Seamus Doherty, who has pledged his support to
this campaign, is one such case. We believe that this is another
attempt by the British establishment and the RUC to conduct a
campaign of selective internment against anyone opposed to the
GFA.
The campaign to secure John’s unconditional release was launched
on Friday 9th September in the Teach na Failte
offices in Strabane.
The Campaign organisers can be contacted
at.
freejohnbrady@hotmail.com
