Release Bernard Phelan

Irish citizen Bernard Phelan has been held hostage in Iran since October 2022. Please follow and sign the petition on our website demanding his release.

[Release Bernard Phelan @ReleaseBernard]

Bernard is home! He arrived yesterday with Benjamin, was met off the plane by his family Roland & Caroline & spoke to his Dad.
Today, he starts the journey of recovery.
Thank you to everyone involved in making yesterday happen. Such joy to be able to hug him once again! (1/3)

[Release Bernard Phelan @ReleaseBernard]

Wonderful news that Olivier Vandecasteele is being released after more than a year in an Iranian jail! 🫶

[Amnesty Belgique FR ✊ @amnestybe]

🔴Très heureux qu' Olivier Vandecasteele soit enfin libre & qu'il puisse retrouver sa famille !

Merci à tout·es les signataires de la pétition et aux mobilisations citoyennes ✊

Notre combat contre les graves violations des droits humains et contre l'impunité en #Iran continue

[Release Bernard Phelan @ReleaseBernard]

Bernard est à la maison ! Il est arrivé hier avec Benjamin, a été accueilli à sa descente d'avion par sa famille Roland et Caroline et il a parlé à son père.
Aujourd'hui, il commence son parcours de guérison.
Quelle joie de pouvoir le serrer à nouveau dans ses bras!

[Release Bernard Phelan @ReleaseBernard]

Bernard is home! He arrived yesterday with Benjamin, was met off the plane by his family Roland & Caroline & spoke to his Dad.
Today, he starts the journey of recovery.
Thank you to everyone involved in making yesterday happen. Such joy to be able to hug him once again! (1/3)

[Release Bernard Phelan @ReleaseBernard]

Bernard is home! He arrived yesterday with Benjamin, was met off the plane by his family Roland & Caroline & spoke to his Dad.
Today, he starts the journey of recovery.
Thank you to everyone involved in making yesterday happen. Such joy to be able to hug him once again! (3/3)

[Release Bernard Phelan @ReleaseBernard]

Bernard is home! He arrived yesterday with Benjamin, was met off the plane by his family Roland & Caroline & spoke to his Dad.
Today, he starts the journey of recovery.
Thank you to everyone involved in making yesterday happen. Such joy to be able to hug him once again! (2/3)

[Release Bernard Phelan @ReleaseBernard]

2/2 Bernard a été retenu en captivité pendant plus de 200 jours, c’est pourquoi nous vous demandons d’avoir la gentillesse de lui laisser un peu de temps et de repos pour qu’il puisse se reconstruire.

[Release Bernard Phelan @ReleaseBernard]

Nous avons reçu la confirmation de la libération de Bernard. Nous ne pouvons pas vous dire à quel point nous sommes soulagés. Tant de personnes ont été impliquées pour que ce moment arrive et nous voulons toutes les remercier. 1/2

[Release Bernard Phelan @ReleaseBernard]

@lilika49 💙

[Release Bernard Phelan @ReleaseBernard]

We received confirmation of Bernard's release today and cannot express how relieved we are. We want to thank everybody who helped make this moment happen. Bernard has been held captive for over 200 days, so we gratefully ask that he is given the time and space needed to recover.

[Hostage Aid Worldwide @HostageAid]

Bernard Phelan has arthritis, a heart condition & is at risk of going blind. Calls upon the Iranian regime to pardon Bernard on a humanitarian basis seem to be falling on deaf ears.

@MichealMartinTD, what is your plan to @ReleaseBernard? We have to get him home asap!

@PresidentIRL @dfatirl @DublinIran @AmnestyIreland @LeoVaradkar @CharlieFlanagan @capphelan @Europarl_EN @UNHumanRightsEU #ReleaseBernard #BernardPhelan

[Hostage Aid Worldwide @HostageAid]

@MichealMartinTD, @ReleaseBernard’s health requires immediate and swift action from you to #ReleaseBernardPhelan!

[Dublin People @dublinpeople]

Dublin MEP Frances Fitzgerald, has called for the immediate release of Irishman Bernard Phelan on humanitarian grounds.
https://t.co/j451m4EVhQ

[Hostage Aid Worldwide @HostageAid]

12/12 MEP Reiterates Call for Release of Tipp Native Bernard Phelan
https://t.co/4ntWNzSyXB
@FineGael MEP for #Dublin city & county, @FitzgeraldFrncs, is urging #Iran to release him: “What happened to @ReleaseBernard is outrageous, he has been literally picked up from the streets, put into jail, no trial, outrageous conditions. I am calling on the Iranian government to free him.”

[Release Bernard Phelan @ReleaseBernard]

@GCraughwell @jerrybuttimer @LorrCliff @RoisinGarvey @DenisNaughten Thanks, will DM you again

[Release Bernard Phelan @ReleaseBernard]

@GCraughwell @jerrybuttimer @LorrCliff @RoisinGarvey @DenisNaughten Would be nice if you’d replied to our DM to update us on what was said. You seem happy to meet with the Iranians and publicise it, but not to speak the family of the innocent victim in this affair! Meanwhile the Irish media have done a huge amount to publicise Bernard’s case 🙌

[Release Bernard Phelan @ReleaseBernard]

https://t.co/vfGrodpUJj

[Release Bernard Phelan @ReleaseBernard]

Join us this evening at a concert in support of Bernard at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris.

RSVP to the email below as places are limited

#releasebernardphelan

@francediplo @amnestyfrance @IrlEmbParis @MinColonna

[Release Bernard Phelan @ReleaseBernard]

Pour ceux qui vivent à Paris...soirée de soutien pour Bernard, ce vendredi 31 mars à 19h30.
RSVP
#releasebernardphelan

[Amnesty Ireland @AmnestyIreland]

We are calling for the immediate release of Irish-French national Bernard Phelan.

His arbitrary detention gravely violates his rights. Iranian authorities must immediately grant him access to adequate healthcare and regular phone calls to his family.

https://t.co/Xj6uytLrQy

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Pending Bernard Phelan's release, Iran's authorities must immediately grant him access to adequate healthcare, including all necessary medication and treatment. 2/4

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Bernard Phelan’s detention is arbitrary due to the gravity of fair trial rights violations, including right to an independent lawyer of his own choosing, to adequate defence & to meaningfully challenge the legality of his detention before an independent and impartial court. 4/4