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Unsafe Haven : The United States, the IRA and Political Prisoners.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (174 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781849640169
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Unsafe HavenDDC classification:
  • 303.48/273041
LOC classification:
  • E183.8.G7 -- M37 2000eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1History -- Safe Haven -- Non-Intervention by the Executive Branch -- Summary -- 2 Deportation and Other Immigration Controls -- US Immigration Policies -- Visitor Visas -- Refugees and Foreign Policy -- Political Asylum -- Recent Struggles for Refuge: Selected Cases -- Summary -- 3 Extradition -- Extradition Warrants: 1977 to 1986 -- Amendments to the Political Offence Exception -- Summary -- 4 Prosecution -- Selected Cases -- Other Sources of Weaponry -- Summary -- 5 Media Caricatures -- The British Line -- Images of Ceasefire -- Media Distortions of the Perpetrators of Violence -- Media Distortions Relating to the Victims of Violence -- Summary -- 6 The Facade of Neutrality -- The Clinton Era -- Human Rights and Foreign Policy -- US Support for Violations of Due Process -- Terrorist List -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Political Offences versus Terrorism -- Shift in US Policy -- Support and Publicity -- References -- Case Cited -- Statutes Cited -- Appendices -- Research Context and Background -- Table 1 Murder victims of Loyalist violence, 1996 to 1999, during alleged loyalist ceasefire -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Appendices -- Name Index -- Index -- African Americans -- 6 -- 47 n.3 -- Media portrayals in the United States 99 -- Processed by criminal justice system in the United States 99 -- Alpha 66-7 -- Ancient Order of Hibernians 31 -- Anglo-Irish Agreement -- 51 n.9 -- 51 -- Anti-immigrant sentiment 22 -- Aryan Nations 66 -- Bloody Sunday -- 16 n.11 -- 16 -- 37 -- 88 -- 120 -- Boer War 10 -- Boston -- 3 70 -- 71 -- British Foreign Office -- 118 -- 119 -- British Information Service 86 -- Ceasefires -- Cover names 91 -- Fundraising and 121.
Questions about the existence of a loyalist ceasefire 43 -- Questions about the existence of a loyalist ceasefire 43 -- Questions about the existence of a loyalist ceasefire 89-92 -- Questions about the existence of a loyalist ceasefire 89-92 -- Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] -- 67 -- 68 -- 69 -- Clan na Gael -- 10 n.4 -- 10 n.5 -- 10 -- Clemency for Irish political prisoners 14 -- Collusion -- 62 -- 123 -- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices -- 29 -- 104-6 -- Crime of moral turpitude -- 2 -- 23-4 -- Cuban immigrants to the United States 30 -- Cuban political prisoners -- 54 -- 116 -- Defence [support] groups 40 -- Democracy 4-5 -- Deportation -- 12 -- 21-44 -- Costs for individuals 39-40 -- Failure to disclose past convictions and 22 -- Following extradition 47 -- Following extradition 53 -- Following extradition 54 -- Following extradition 61 -- Following extradition 64 -- Official reasons for 21 -- Political offenders excluded from 24 -- Suspensions 41-2 -- Dillingham Commission 22 n.1 -- Diplock courts -- 32 n.5 -- 32 -- 102 -- 107 -- Easter Rising -- 11 n.6 -- 14 -- 41 -- 120 -- Media and 85 -- Escape from prison -- 8 -- 9 -- 10 -- 55 -- 59 -- Escapees, treatment of upon their return 61-2 -- European Court of Human Rights 95 -- European Human Rights Commission 110 -- Extradition -- 3 -- 12 -- 45-64 -- Bail/bond and 58-9 -- Costs 56 n.15 -- Criteria used for 46 -- Criteria used for 48-9 -- Criteria used for 53 -- Criteria used for 55 -- De facto 52 -- De facto 57 -- Disguised [see also 'deportation following extradition'] 47 -- Political offence exception 51-2 -- Political offence exception 60 -- South of Ireland to north 63 -- Treaties [historical] 8 -- Treaties [historical] 10 -- Treaty of, 60 n.20 -- Treaty of, 60 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 45 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 45.
US-UK Supplementary Treaty 51-2 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 51-2 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 53 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 53 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 60 n.20 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 60 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 60 n.20 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 60 -- Fear of persecution [well-founded] -- 2 n.2 -- 28 -- 39 -- 55 -- 62 -- Refugee status and 27 -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- 12 -- Counter-terrorism programme 66 -- Relationship with RUC 81 -- Relationship with RUC 93-4 -- Relationship with RUC 109 -- Targeting of Irish persons 24-5 -- Targeting of Irish republicans 18 -- Targeting of Irish republicans 33 -- Targeting of Irish republicans 34 -- Targeting of Irish republicans 66-7 -- Training by 80-1 -- Fenian Brotherhood 9 -- Fort Worth Five 68 -- Friends of Ireland 16 -- Gibraltar killings -- 95 -- 110 -- Good Friday Agreement -- 88 n.5 -- 88 -- 89 -- 91 -- 115 -- Grand Jury abuse 68 -- H-block -- 4 55 n.13 -- 55 -- Harryville [County Antrim], loyalist protest 106 -- Hierarchy of death 96 -- Human Rights Practices -- Descriptions by US congressional members 17-18 -- Findings relating to 107-11 -- Hunger Strikes [1981] -- 19 -- 20 -- 26 -- 99 n.13 -- 120 -- Ideology of -- 117 n.3 -- 117-18 -- 119 -- Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] -- 2 -- 12 -- 21 -- 34 -- 37 -- 38 -- 46 -- Political asylum and 28 -- Political asylum and 29 -- United States-Britain alliance, concern for 31 -- Immigration law -- 11 -- Applied to specific groups 22-3 -- Quotas for entry 23 -- Indictments [United States] 66 -- Internment 58 n.17 -- Ireland [south] and -- 63 -- Political offence exception and 51 -- Portrayals of violence 92-6 -- Portrayals of violence 99 -- Terrorist list, United States 12 -- Irish America -- 5-6 -- Definitional problems 5-6 -- Indifference 5-6 -- Influence 101.
Irish conflict and 28 -- President Woodrow Wilson and 14 -- Weaponry from 76-7 -- Irish famine -- 7 -- 12 n.8 -- 12-13 -- Relief for 12-13 -- Irish National Liberation Army [INLA] 43 -- Irish Northern Aid -- 35 -- 68 -- 76 -- 120 -- 121 n.4 -- Irish Republican Brotherhood [IRB] -- 9 n.3 -- 11 -- Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood [IRB] -- 9 n.3 -- 9 -- Irish, portrayal of -- 7 -- 13 -- Ku Klux Klan 66 -- Legal system, Northern Ireland -- 106-11 -- Exposure 121 -- Long Kesh -- 3 n.3 -- 3 -- 26 -- 37 -- 39 -- 42 -- 56 -- Lookout system -- 15 -- 25 -- 67 -- MacBride Principles -- 33 n.6 -- 33 -- 101 n.1 -- Francis Gildernew and 33 -- President Bill Clinton and 101-2 -- Marita Ann 69 -- Media -- 84-100 -- Cases in the United States and 121-2 -- Censorship and 87 n.4 -- Censorship and 87 -- Military intelligence [United States] 12 -- Mitchell Principles -- 42 -- 89 n.6 -- 89 -- Neutrality [south of Ireland] 15 -- Northern Ireland Assembly 88-9 -- Northern Ireland Office 118 -- Northern Ireland [Emergency Provisions] Act -- 115 -- 115 n.2 -- Partition 15 -- Plastic bullets -- 78-9 -- 106 -- Political asylum -- 2 n.1 -- 2 -- 28-30 -- Extradition and 47 -- United States foreign policy and 29-30 -- United States foreign policy and 29-30 -- United States foreign policy and 31 -- United States foreign policy and 31 -- Political offenders 66 -- Politically-motivated offences -- 2 -- 114-15 -- Prison sentence remission 75-6 -- Prisoner release -- 53 n.12 -- 56 n.16 -- 76 -- 115 -- Red Hand Defenders 98 -- Refugee Act -- [ 27 -- [ 27 n.2 -- [ 27 -- [ 27 n.2 -- [ 27 -- [ 30 -- [ 30 -- [ 44 -- [ 44 -- Royal Ulster Constabulary [RUC] 61 -- Scheduled offences -- 32 n.5 -- 52 n.11 -- 52 -- 107 -- Shoot-to-kill policy -- 63 -- 95 -- Sinn Féin -- Excluded from talks 90 -- Friends of Sinn Féin 121 -- Fundraising 111-12 -- United States and 103.
Special Air Service [SAS] -- 95 -- 110 -- Special category prisoner [Ireland] -- 49 -- 115 -- Special relationship -- 4 -- 12 -- 13 -- 18 -- 53 -- 56 -- 111 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty and 45 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty and 51 -- Weakening of 103 -- Stalker Report 63 -- State violence -- 5 -- 78 -- 94-5 -- Support from individuals and groups in the United States -- 40 -- 120-3 -- Terrorism -- 66 -- Official [British] definition of 52 n.11 -- Official [British] definition of 52 n.11 -- Official [British] definition of 115 -- Official [British] definition of 115 -- Subjective definitions of 4-5 -- Terrorist organisations, official designation of 12 -- Transfers [prison] -- 74-6 -- 113 n.9 -- Ulster Defence Association [UDA] -- 16 -- 90 -- 91 -- Ulster Democratic Party [UDP] 90 -- Ulster Freedom Fighters [UFF] 90 -- United States -- also 'special relationship ' 3 -- also 'special relationship ' 7 -- also 'special relationship ' 10 -- also 'special relationship ' 11 -- also 'special relationship ' 13 -- also 'special relationship ' 17 -- also 'special relationship ' 20 -- also 'special relationship ' 22 -- Military support to/from Britain 4 -- Military support to/from Britain 16 -- Military support to/from Britain 52 -- Military support to/from Britain 56 -- Military support to/from Britain 64 -- Military support to/from Britain 79-80 -- Non-intervention into Irish affairs 1 -- Non-intervention into Irish affairs 7 -- Non-intervention into Irish affairs 8 -- Non-intervention into Irish affairs 12 -- Non-intervention into Irish affairs 19 -- Non-intervention into Irish affairs 20 -- Non-intervention into Irish affairs 101 -- Non-intervention into Irish affairs 117 -- Policy shift regarding Irish republicans 4 -- Policy shift regarding Irish republicans 4 -- Policy shift regarding Irish republicans 116-17.
Policy shift regarding Irish republicans 116-17.
Summary: 'Well-written and easily accessible. It should be of interest to anyone in the field of Irish studies or the braoder issue of political prisoners.' Political Studies.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1History -- Safe Haven -- Non-Intervention by the Executive Branch -- Summary -- 2 Deportation and Other Immigration Controls -- US Immigration Policies -- Visitor Visas -- Refugees and Foreign Policy -- Political Asylum -- Recent Struggles for Refuge: Selected Cases -- Summary -- 3 Extradition -- Extradition Warrants: 1977 to 1986 -- Amendments to the Political Offence Exception -- Summary -- 4 Prosecution -- Selected Cases -- Other Sources of Weaponry -- Summary -- 5 Media Caricatures -- The British Line -- Images of Ceasefire -- Media Distortions of the Perpetrators of Violence -- Media Distortions Relating to the Victims of Violence -- Summary -- 6 The Facade of Neutrality -- The Clinton Era -- Human Rights and Foreign Policy -- US Support for Violations of Due Process -- Terrorist List -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Political Offences versus Terrorism -- Shift in US Policy -- Support and Publicity -- References -- Case Cited -- Statutes Cited -- Appendices -- Research Context and Background -- Table 1 Murder victims of Loyalist violence, 1996 to 1999, during alleged loyalist ceasefire -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Appendices -- Name Index -- Index -- African Americans -- 6 -- 47 n.3 -- Media portrayals in the United States 99 -- Processed by criminal justice system in the United States 99 -- Alpha 66-7 -- Ancient Order of Hibernians 31 -- Anglo-Irish Agreement -- 51 n.9 -- 51 -- Anti-immigrant sentiment 22 -- Aryan Nations 66 -- Bloody Sunday -- 16 n.11 -- 16 -- 37 -- 88 -- 120 -- Boer War 10 -- Boston -- 3 70 -- 71 -- British Foreign Office -- 118 -- 119 -- British Information Service 86 -- Ceasefires -- Cover names 91 -- Fundraising and 121.

Questions about the existence of a loyalist ceasefire 43 -- Questions about the existence of a loyalist ceasefire 43 -- Questions about the existence of a loyalist ceasefire 89-92 -- Questions about the existence of a loyalist ceasefire 89-92 -- Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] -- 67 -- 68 -- 69 -- Clan na Gael -- 10 n.4 -- 10 n.5 -- 10 -- Clemency for Irish political prisoners 14 -- Collusion -- 62 -- 123 -- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices -- 29 -- 104-6 -- Crime of moral turpitude -- 2 -- 23-4 -- Cuban immigrants to the United States 30 -- Cuban political prisoners -- 54 -- 116 -- Defence [support] groups 40 -- Democracy 4-5 -- Deportation -- 12 -- 21-44 -- Costs for individuals 39-40 -- Failure to disclose past convictions and 22 -- Following extradition 47 -- Following extradition 53 -- Following extradition 54 -- Following extradition 61 -- Following extradition 64 -- Official reasons for 21 -- Political offenders excluded from 24 -- Suspensions 41-2 -- Dillingham Commission 22 n.1 -- Diplock courts -- 32 n.5 -- 32 -- 102 -- 107 -- Easter Rising -- 11 n.6 -- 14 -- 41 -- 120 -- Media and 85 -- Escape from prison -- 8 -- 9 -- 10 -- 55 -- 59 -- Escapees, treatment of upon their return 61-2 -- European Court of Human Rights 95 -- European Human Rights Commission 110 -- Extradition -- 3 -- 12 -- 45-64 -- Bail/bond and 58-9 -- Costs 56 n.15 -- Criteria used for 46 -- Criteria used for 48-9 -- Criteria used for 53 -- Criteria used for 55 -- De facto 52 -- De facto 57 -- Disguised [see also 'deportation following extradition'] 47 -- Political offence exception 51-2 -- Political offence exception 60 -- South of Ireland to north 63 -- Treaties [historical] 8 -- Treaties [historical] 10 -- Treaty of, 60 n.20 -- Treaty of, 60 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 45 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 45.

US-UK Supplementary Treaty 51-2 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 51-2 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 53 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 53 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 60 n.20 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 60 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 60 n.20 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty 60 -- Fear of persecution [well-founded] -- 2 n.2 -- 28 -- 39 -- 55 -- 62 -- Refugee status and 27 -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- 12 -- Counter-terrorism programme 66 -- Relationship with RUC 81 -- Relationship with RUC 93-4 -- Relationship with RUC 109 -- Targeting of Irish persons 24-5 -- Targeting of Irish republicans 18 -- Targeting of Irish republicans 33 -- Targeting of Irish republicans 34 -- Targeting of Irish republicans 66-7 -- Training by 80-1 -- Fenian Brotherhood 9 -- Fort Worth Five 68 -- Friends of Ireland 16 -- Gibraltar killings -- 95 -- 110 -- Good Friday Agreement -- 88 n.5 -- 88 -- 89 -- 91 -- 115 -- Grand Jury abuse 68 -- H-block -- 4 55 n.13 -- 55 -- Harryville [County Antrim], loyalist protest 106 -- Hierarchy of death 96 -- Human Rights Practices -- Descriptions by US congressional members 17-18 -- Findings relating to 107-11 -- Hunger Strikes [1981] -- 19 -- 20 -- 26 -- 99 n.13 -- 120 -- Ideology of -- 117 n.3 -- 117-18 -- 119 -- Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] -- 2 -- 12 -- 21 -- 34 -- 37 -- 38 -- 46 -- Political asylum and 28 -- Political asylum and 29 -- United States-Britain alliance, concern for 31 -- Immigration law -- 11 -- Applied to specific groups 22-3 -- Quotas for entry 23 -- Indictments [United States] 66 -- Internment 58 n.17 -- Ireland [south] and -- 63 -- Political offence exception and 51 -- Portrayals of violence 92-6 -- Portrayals of violence 99 -- Terrorist list, United States 12 -- Irish America -- 5-6 -- Definitional problems 5-6 -- Indifference 5-6 -- Influence 101.

Irish conflict and 28 -- President Woodrow Wilson and 14 -- Weaponry from 76-7 -- Irish famine -- 7 -- 12 n.8 -- 12-13 -- Relief for 12-13 -- Irish National Liberation Army [INLA] 43 -- Irish Northern Aid -- 35 -- 68 -- 76 -- 120 -- 121 n.4 -- Irish Republican Brotherhood [IRB] -- 9 n.3 -- 11 -- Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood [IRB] -- 9 n.3 -- 9 -- Irish, portrayal of -- 7 -- 13 -- Ku Klux Klan 66 -- Legal system, Northern Ireland -- 106-11 -- Exposure 121 -- Long Kesh -- 3 n.3 -- 3 -- 26 -- 37 -- 39 -- 42 -- 56 -- Lookout system -- 15 -- 25 -- 67 -- MacBride Principles -- 33 n.6 -- 33 -- 101 n.1 -- Francis Gildernew and 33 -- President Bill Clinton and 101-2 -- Marita Ann 69 -- Media -- 84-100 -- Cases in the United States and 121-2 -- Censorship and 87 n.4 -- Censorship and 87 -- Military intelligence [United States] 12 -- Mitchell Principles -- 42 -- 89 n.6 -- 89 -- Neutrality [south of Ireland] 15 -- Northern Ireland Assembly 88-9 -- Northern Ireland Office 118 -- Northern Ireland [Emergency Provisions] Act -- 115 -- 115 n.2 -- Partition 15 -- Plastic bullets -- 78-9 -- 106 -- Political asylum -- 2 n.1 -- 2 -- 28-30 -- Extradition and 47 -- United States foreign policy and 29-30 -- United States foreign policy and 29-30 -- United States foreign policy and 31 -- United States foreign policy and 31 -- Political offenders 66 -- Politically-motivated offences -- 2 -- 114-15 -- Prison sentence remission 75-6 -- Prisoner release -- 53 n.12 -- 56 n.16 -- 76 -- 115 -- Red Hand Defenders 98 -- Refugee Act -- [ 27 -- [ 27 n.2 -- [ 27 -- [ 27 n.2 -- [ 27 -- [ 30 -- [ 30 -- [ 44 -- [ 44 -- Royal Ulster Constabulary [RUC] 61 -- Scheduled offences -- 32 n.5 -- 52 n.11 -- 52 -- 107 -- Shoot-to-kill policy -- 63 -- 95 -- Sinn Féin -- Excluded from talks 90 -- Friends of Sinn Féin 121 -- Fundraising 111-12 -- United States and 103.

Special Air Service [SAS] -- 95 -- 110 -- Special category prisoner [Ireland] -- 49 -- 115 -- Special relationship -- 4 -- 12 -- 13 -- 18 -- 53 -- 56 -- 111 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty and 45 -- US-UK Supplementary Treaty and 51 -- Weakening of 103 -- Stalker Report 63 -- State violence -- 5 -- 78 -- 94-5 -- Support from individuals and groups in the United States -- 40 -- 120-3 -- Terrorism -- 66 -- Official [British] definition of 52 n.11 -- Official [British] definition of 52 n.11 -- Official [British] definition of 115 -- Official [British] definition of 115 -- Subjective definitions of 4-5 -- Terrorist organisations, official designation of 12 -- Transfers [prison] -- 74-6 -- 113 n.9 -- Ulster Defence Association [UDA] -- 16 -- 90 -- 91 -- Ulster Democratic Party [UDP] 90 -- Ulster Freedom Fighters [UFF] 90 -- United States -- also 'special relationship ' 3 -- also 'special relationship ' 7 -- also 'special relationship ' 10 -- also 'special relationship ' 11 -- also 'special relationship ' 13 -- also 'special relationship ' 17 -- also 'special relationship ' 20 -- also 'special relationship ' 22 -- Military support to/from Britain 4 -- Military support to/from Britain 16 -- Military support to/from Britain 52 -- Military support to/from Britain 56 -- Military support to/from Britain 64 -- Military support to/from Britain 79-80 -- Non-intervention into Irish affairs 1 -- Non-intervention into Irish affairs 7 -- Non-intervention into Irish affairs 8 -- Non-intervention into Irish affairs 12 -- Non-intervention into Irish affairs 19 -- Non-intervention into Irish affairs 20 -- Non-intervention into Irish affairs 101 -- Non-intervention into Irish affairs 117 -- Policy shift regarding Irish republicans 4 -- Policy shift regarding Irish republicans 4 -- Policy shift regarding Irish republicans 116-17.

Policy shift regarding Irish republicans 116-17.

'Well-written and easily accessible. It should be of interest to anyone in the field of Irish studies or the braoder issue of political prisoners.' Political Studies.

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