Athens Meeting 18- 20 November 2005, Statement Against The
Extradition of cde Sean Garland
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From: SolidNet, Wednesday, December 07, 2005
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APPEAL AGAINST THE EXTRADITION OF COMRADE SEAN GARLAND,
PRESIDENT OF THE WORKERS' PARTY OF IRELAND

On October 7th, the President of The Workers' Party of
Ireland, Sean Garland, was arrested while attending the
Party annual delegate conference in Belfast. Comrade
Garland has worked for peace and democracy in Ireland for
many decades. He has been a consistent and vocal critic of
the United States' quest for global hegemony. The attack on
Sean Garland is politically motivated, based on
anti-communist propaganda. The Workers' Party of Ireland
will not be intimidated, and calls for the support of other
communist and workers' parties from throughout the world in
the struggle to prevent the extradition of Sean Garland to
the United States

We express solidarity with The Workers' Party of Ireland on
the arrest of their President, and oppose the attempt by
the Bush regime to extradite Comrade Garland to the United
States of America where it is impossible for a socialist to
get a fair trial.

PARTIES
Communist Party of Albania
Algerian Party for Democracy & Socialism, PADS
Communist Party of Australia
Workers Party of Belgium
WCP of Bosnia & Herzegonvia
Communist Party of Brazil
New Communist Party of Britain
Communist Party of Bulgaria
Communist Party of Canada
Communist Party of Cuba
AKEL, Cyprus
Communist Party of Bohemia & Moravia
Communist Party of Denmark
Communist Party of Egypt
Communist Party of Estonia
Communist Party of Finland
Communist Party of Macedonia
Unified Communist Party of Georgia
German Communist Party (DKP)
Communist Party of Greece
Hungarian Worker' Party
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Iraqi Communist Party
The Worker's Party of Ireland
Communist Party of Israel
Jordanian Communist Party
Socialist Party of Latvia
Lebanese Communist Party
Socialist Party of Lithuania
Communist Party of Luxembourg
Party of the Congress for the Independence of Madagascar
(AKFM)
Communist Party of Malta
Party of the Communists of Mexico
Popular Socialist Party of Mexico
New Communist Party of Netherlands
Communist Party of Norway
Palestinian Communist Party
Philippine Communist Party-1930
Communist Party of Poland
Portuguese Communist Party
Romanian Communist Party
Socialist Alliance Party, Romania
Communist Party of Russian Federation
Communist Party of Soviet Union
Communist Workers Party of Russia - Party of the Communists
of Russia
New Communist Party of Yugoslavia
Communist Party of Slovakia
Communist Party of Spain
Communist Party of Peoples of Spain
Sudanese Communist Party
Communist Party of Sweden
Syrian Communist Party
Syrian Communist Party
Communist Party of Tadjikistan
Communist Party of Turkey
Communist Party of Ukraine
Communist Party, USA
Communist Party of Venezuela