The Five Demands

Statement from the friends of Brendan Lillis

26th July 2011

The decision to refuse Brendan Lillis any compassion is vindictive and cruel. The man is critically ill and confined to bed and deteriorating as each day passes. He should be released to the care of his partner, Roisin, and an outside hospital properly equipped to deal with his condition.
The continued imprisonment of Brendan Lillis is a travesty of justice and that travesty is multiplied a hundred fold by the inaction and/or inability of Sinn Fein to actually DO anything other than make statements purporting to support Brendan and Roisin.
At this critical time we would call on Sinn Fein, as the dominant nationalist party and the appointee of David Ford to the Justice Ministry, to do the decent thing and secure the immediate release of Brendan Lillis. Brendan Lillis is a a threat to nobody, the British know this, Sinn Fein know this, yet collectively they all bury their heads in the sand and pass the buck from one to the other. Ends.