BY MARC LICHTMAN
NEW YORK - Some 200 people participated in a spirited demonstration at the German airline Lufthansa here January 11 in support of bail for Róisín McAliskey, the daughter of longtime Irish nationalist and human rights campaigner Bernadette Devlin McAliskey.

Róisín McAliskey is being held in a London prison facing extradition to Germany for alleged participation in an Irish Republican Army attack on a British military base there. No credible evidence of her involvement has been presented. McAliskey is six months pregnant and has a number of serious medical problems, but the German government opposes her release on bail while the extradition proceedings take place.

On her many speaking tours of the United States, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey has become known as a fierce opponent of all forms of racism. The demonstration for her daughter attracted Black rights activists and campaigners for imprisoned Native American activist Leonard Peltier, as well as many Irish American and other activists. Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins sent greetings. Demonstrations were held on the same day in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

The Friends of Róisín McAliskey can be reached c/o O'Dwyer and Bernstien, 52 Duane St., New York, NY 10007, or at (718) 436-4770. They are requesting that people telephone the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., and the various German Consulates demanding that Bonn drop its opposition to bail.  
 
 
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