Róisín campaign victory
After sixteen months during which she suffered brutal
interrogation, transfer to an all-male prison in
England, the birth of her daughter and a post-traumatic
breakdown, Roisín McAliskey finally had the threat of
extradition to Germany lifted this week. British Home
Secretary Jack Straw ruled that it would be ``unjust or
oppressive'' to extradite her.
It was also revealed that a former British Solicitor
General warned Jack Straw last November that there was
insufficient evidence on which to convict McAliskey in
a German court.
The decision was greeted with relief by friends, family
and supporters but there was also anger that it had
taken so long. On Tuesday Roisín's mother, Bernadette
McAliskey, said that her daughter would look into the
possibility of taking legal action over her daughter's
ordeal. ``Roisín is ill as a result of having been
arrested and detained and interrogated in Castlereagh,''
she said, and confirmed that she may never make a 100%
recovery. ``Somebody is accountable for all that.
Somebody is accountable for my daughter's state of
health. She is suffering from traumatic stress... and
she may walk with a limp for the rest of her life.''
Roisín remains in a London psychiatric hospital and it
could be some time before she is fit to leave.''
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