The 32 County Sovereignty Movement
wishes to extend our heartfelt sympathy to the Ryan familly following
the cowardly murder of our friend, comrade and activist Alan Ryan. Alan
was shot in the back in cold blood on the streets where he grew up,
streets where he had worked tirelessly to tackle the scourge of drugs
which he had always opposed with every fibre of his being. We cannot
express in words the pain now felt by both the movement as a whole and
individual activists now that he has been taken from us.
Alan's murder
does not mean the end of the cause for which he gave his life. Whether
it was as an ex Republican prisoner campaigning for his comrades in
Maghaberry, or as an anti drugs activist protecting his community Alan
set an example which will be followed. He will not be forgotten by his
comrades who remain and who will carry on his legacy as resolutely as he
did the legacy of others who fell before him.
