Berlet Joins Call for Probe into Death of Student who Attended LaRouche-Group Conference
Press Release: Berlet Joins Call for Probe into Death of Student who =
Attended LaRouche-Group Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2007 …..
Press Release…..
Berlet Joins Call for Probe into Death of Student who Attended =
LaRouche-Group Conference
BOSTON =96 PRA Senior Analyst Chip Berlet, an internationally known =
expert on the political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche, has been =
assisting the mother of a young British man found dead after trying =
to leave a conference sponsored by a LaRouche-related group in March =
2003 in Germany. In a new development, on Tuesday, March 27, new =
forensic findings concluding that Jeremiah Duggan, 22, had been =
beaten to death while trying to defend himself from attack will be =
presented in London to government officials in the UK with a request =
for a new inquest by Germany. German authorities have claimed =
Jeremiah committed suicide by jumping in front of cars on a highway, =
but a British Coroner refused to accept that conclusion.
In her campaign to reopen the investigation, Jeremiah=92s mother Erica =
has secured research assistance from Berlet, including a statement =
presented to the British coroner and a statement for the March 27 =
press conference on the new findings. Berlet=92s 2003 statement to the =
British coroner concludes, “Given the history of aggressive behaviour =
on the part of LaRouche Security forces, it is quite possible and =
even likely that Jeremiah Duggan was subjected to extreme emotional =
pressure or physical intimidation.”
Jeremiah had traveled to Germany to attend an anti-war conference =
that turned out to be sponsored by the LaRouchites, who have a =
history of spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories. Soon after =
Jeremiah told the conference he was Jewish and was concerned by the =
rhetoric he was hearing, he was found dead.
Press Kit:
Berlet Statement Presented to British Coroner’s Inquiry Berlet Statement for British Press Conference on March 27th, 2007 “LaRouche Exposed,” a fact sheet by PRA LaRouche Research archive at PRA UK’s The Observer reports: “New evidence shows ’suicide’ student was =
beaten to death”
Political Research Associates is a progressive think tank that =
studies the U.S. Right and is the publisher of the quarterly The =
Public Eye.
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