Colombia Three highlighted

Cristín McCauley on the right of the photo

Cristín McCauley, wife of Martin McCauley, one of the three Irishmen currently awaiting a verdict in Colombia on charged of training FARC guerrillas, addressed a packed RDS hall during the international session. Cristín spoke of the complete lack of evidence against the men and of her family's anger at their ordeal at the hands of British Intelligence and the Colombian authorities, saying "nobody can give us back the last three years".

She criticised the Dublin Government's lack of interest in the trial and Michael McDowell for putting his spoke in. "In his own words, he's been vomit-inducing," she said. Cristín said she didn't know how to thank the delegates for all their support and fundraising, but said the three men were grateful for everything that had been done to help them.