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Deported peace activist Mary Kelly due home

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Thursday May 16, 2002 09:56author by Lynn Jervis - Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaignauthor email supportpalestine at ireland dot comauthor phone 01 677 0253

IRELAND-PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN PRESS RELEASE 4PM 15 MAY 2002 DEPORTED IRISH PEACE ACTIVIST MARY KELLY 'ON HER WAY HOME'.

DEPORTED IRISH PEACE ACTIVIST MARY KELLY 'ON HER WAY HOME'.

Mary Kelly, will be arriving in Dublin Airport on a flight from London, on Thursday evening at 6.10pm.

Mary, a nurse from Cork has been volunteering with the International Solidarity Movement in the Palestinian territories for the past six weeks. She was deported from Israel on Tuesday following her arrest at the end of the siege of the Church of the Nativity last week. Mary has been inside the Church for the final week of the siege after taking food and medical assistance to the Palestinians inside.

She was also in Bethlehem for the worst of the Israeli invasion and smuggled herself into Nablus during the Israeli imposed closures to volunteer with medics from Palestinian Red Crescent.

The IPSC spoke to friends of Mary's earlier today who said that they were very relieved to see her back and that "... despite her imprisonment and deportation by the Israeli authorities she is determined to continue to work for justice for the Palestinian people."


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Just wondering
author by MGpublication date Thu May 16, 2002 13:02author address author phone

Is there any word from Caoimhe, the girl who was in Ramallah?

Funny you should mention that
author by Joe Sheehanpublication date Thu May 16, 2002 16:24author email jsheehan at subdimension dot comauthor address author phone

See the link attached

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Mary Kelly
author by Oliver O'Driscollpublication date Thu May 16, 2002 22:30author address author phone

Glad to hear that Mary is home and in one piece, I hope Caoimhe will be home soon as well. My best wishes to both. Well done!!!

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