New Zealand Association for the Support of Democracy in Ireland

We, the undersigned citizens of New Zealand, ask for the immediate release of all political prisoners interned without trial in the Six Counties of Northern Ireland, and over which area you now have jurisdiction vested in you by Her Majesty's Government at Westminster.

We also demand the immediate revocation of the Emergency Powers Act under which the internment policy of the late Stormont Government is still being carried out and various harsh and undemocratic methods used against the civilian population. We consider these methods to be an abrogation of the Charter of Human Rights, a violation of their rights as citizens of the United Kingdom and against the principles of natural justice.

Accordingly we call on you to release all internees at once, and revoke the Emergency Powers Act forthwith.