(en) anarkismo.net: Injustice by the British justice system
by Joe Conlon - WSM
A case that’s need highlighting is the case of Republican prisoner Willy Wong, he is held
in Maghaberry Prison in Co Antrim. In March 2010 he was arrested along with another man
and charged, eventually convicted of possession of a pipe bomb. He was sentenced very
differently to the way Republican prisoners (and social prisoners) usually get sentenced.
He was sentenced for an undetermined period, but after 5 years inprisoned it would be up
to the Parole board when he is to be released. ---- Willy Wong was 22 when arrested, he is
now 27 years old, he is still in jail. In March he was up on front of the Parole board,
the board came to the conclusion that Willy Wong is not “eligible” for release. The board
said they believe he was not “totally reformed” or had not “fully regretted his actions”.
He has served over 5 years in prison, he is pretty much left to the mersey of the British
justice system. The sentence he was given is totally barbaric, the administration can put
any conditions they want on him. Usually undetermined sentences are given to people
sentence to life imprisonment, so Willy Wong’s case is out of the ordinary. The EU ruled
against such sentence because of being cruel and inhumane.
But such measures are not of the ordinary for people that follow the Republicanism. There
have been many many victims of the British justice system, the cases of the Gilford four
and the Birmingham six are cases in point, although none were members of any Republican
group their crime was for being Irish, they spent decades in prison. Another case more
recently is the Craigavon two, their case is very suspicious and looks to be a stitch up,
the only evidence the prosecution presented was either circumstantial or to be proven false.
These cases are not politic issues they are human rights issues.
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