Almost
1,000 people have already signed the Captain Kelly
Justice Campaign's international petition. These
include:
Politicians
(list- incomplete)
Finian
Mc Grath TD, Labour; Niall Blaney TD, IFF; Harry
Blaney Snr; Cllor. Liam Blaney; Joe Costello TD,
Labour; Waheed Alli, House of Lords; Ken Livingstone,
Mayor of London; Tony Benn, former Labour M.P; Senator
Mary Kathleen O'Doherty King, Trinidad & Tabago;
Ruairi Quinn, TD, Labour; Liz McManus, TD; Ivana
Bacik, Reid Professor of Law, Trinity College, Dublin
and Labour candidate for the European Parliament;
Caoimhghin O' Caoláin TD Sinn Fein Dail leader,
Leinster House; Michael D. Higgins, TD; Kevin McNamara
MP; Aengus O' Snodaigh TD Dublin Sinn Fein; Seán
Crowe TD, Dublin Sinn Fein; Martin Ferris TD, Sinn
Fein, Co. Kerry; Arthur Morgan TD, Sinn Fein, Co.
Louth.
"What
an extraordinary story of injustice. I would be
proud for you to add my name to the petition"
- Tony Benn, London.
"We
cannot erase the past but that should not prevent
our striving for justice for those whose reputation
has been cruelly besmirched. Capt. Kelly deserves
justice, even if he cannot be here to see it."
- Kevin McNamara, House of Commons
Religious
(list-incomplete)
Fr.
Des Wilson, Belfast; Fr. Oliver Kelly, Co. Cavan;
Fr. Martin Kelly, Co. Down (younger brothers of
Capt. Jim Kelly); Fr. Robert J. Doherty, Celtic
Cross Awards Society, Boston, USA; Fr. Joe McVeigh,
Co. Fermanagh; Fr. Brendan Forde, OFM, Dublin; Sister
Kathleen Pritchard, Harare, Zimbabwe, C. Africa;
Sister Mary Fahy, Presentation Sisters, Co. Cavan.
"I
worked with the man, he was my boss. I loved him
as a soldier loves his comrades. R.I.P" - Ex-Cpl.
Anthony Delaney, 5th. Battalion, Dublin
Others
include:
Dr.
Raymond McClean, civil rights' veteran, former Mayor
of Derry; Paddy 'Bogside' Doherty, civil rights'
veteran, chair, Derry Citizens' Defence Committee;
John Kelly, former MLA, civil rights' veteran, chair,
Belfast Citizens' Defence Committee; Tim Pat Coogan,
author, commentator and historian; James Crossan,
President, Derry Division #1 & several other
officials of the AOH, at home & abroad.
"This
man is the Irish Dreyfuss. His name should be cleared"
- Tim Pat Coogan, Glengeary, Co. Dublin.
Contact
Details:
* CKJCampaign e-mail address: oct5th_vets68@hotmail.com
— extra paper petitions & periodic updates
available by request from on-line1968 civil rights
veterans network.
*
CKJC Secretary, c/o O'Dochartaigh Ho., Derry City
BT48 7HR
(Only
after 6 PM- Irish Time) Phone: -+44-028-71-286359
*
CKJCampaign - main web site - www.captainkelly.org
