Lasair Dhearg have condemned the arrests of Irish republican activists Alan Lundy and Nuala Perry.
Spokesperson Pádraic Mac Coitir said, “Alan and Nuala have been subjected to harassment and imprisonment over many years. It is clearly evident to see that the PSNI stop, search and raid the homes of activists on an almost daily basis, in a clear case of institutionalised political harassment. That force, confident that it can harass without fear of opposition from mainstream political parties, is again upping the ante.
“We understand that in Alan’s case, the crown has scraped together what can barely be called ‘evidence’, in an attempt to get another republican activist off the streets. Alan, being able to provide a full and clear alibi, was locked up anyway.
“There can be no doubt that the British legal system in Ireland, in cahoots with the PSNI and other legal ‘professionals’, are enacting a clear case of internment by way of remand.
“We regularly see the true face of the PSNI as they collude with unionist gangs and this policy is endorsed by some political parties and some politicians who were targeted by this very force when they were activists.
“We call on all right-thinking political groups and activists to voice their opposition to these heavy handed tactics and to demand these spurious charges be dropped.”
