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Gerry Conlon (left) with Paddy Hill.

Gerry Conlon 鈥 'a working-class hero who never gave in'

In 2011, the Maritime Union of Australia invited leaders of the Miscarriages Of Justice Organisation (MOJO) in Britain to Australia 鈥 Gerry Conlon, Paddy Joe Hill and John McManus.

Gerry Conlon outside the Old Bailey in London after his conviction was quashed in 1989.

RIP Gerry Conlon 鈥 wrongfully jailed for 'being Irish in the wrong place'

鈥淲hen Gerry Conlon, who has died aged 60 of lung cancer, met survivors of the US's Guant谩namo Bay detention camp, he found that their 21st-century experiences mirrored his in the 1970s,鈥 about the Belfast-born Conlon who passed away on June 21.