I had orighially intended to speak in general terms about human rights in the north ot Ireland. However. I learned this morning that Joe Doherty has been deported to Britain. His long fight here in the American court system is finally over. not because he lost his case on its merits. but because the Reagan and Bush administrations refused to allow him a political asylum hearing. They would not allow him a hearing because they were convinced that he would win and by winning would highlight the appalling human rights policy in the north of Ireland and American complicity in that policy.
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