'Free Marian Price' – Adams and McGuinness appeal to Hilary Clinton and US leaders

GERRY ADAMS AND MARTIN McGUINNESS have written a joint appeal to US political leaders to support calls for the release of Marian Price McGlinchey.

Gerry Adams is visiting the USA and Canada this week.

In their letter to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, Congressman Peter King (Chair of the Congressional Friends of Ireland), and Richard Neal (Democratic Party leader on the Friends of Ireland Committee), and other senior figures, the Sinn Féin leaders urge US figures to join the lobby of the British and Irish governments.

In their letter, they describe Marian Price McGlinchey’s imprisonment as “a serious case of injustice and denial of human rights and judicial rights in the North of Ireland”, adding:

“We believe that her detention is unjust and runs contrary to the principles of natural justice. She has been detained without trial on the basis of secret reports by British intelligence agencies.

“Everyone is entitled to due process and to a fair trial. Mrs Price McGlinchey has been denied this, representing, in our view, a serious breach of her human rights.

“We believe very strongly that Marian Price McGlinchey should be released. Her human rights have been breached. She has been denied
justice and due process. She is seriously ill. Her detention undermines the justice system and the political process. She clearly presents no threat to anyone.”