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Brian Kavanagh

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1990s
State:Connecticut
Time Imprisoned:
5 Months 13 Days
Support
Anti-War Catholic Worker Movement Catholic Worker Lieberman Five
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Biography

Brian Kavanagh was a Hartford Catholic Worker arrested in the July 2, 1999 sit-in at Senator Joseph Lieberman's Hartford office to protest U.S. sanctions on Iraq. Sentenced to 30 days.

On July 2, 1999, the Lieberman Five - Hartford Catholic Workers - held a sit-in at Senator Joseph Lieberman's Hartford office to protest U.S. sanctions on Iraq, ringing a bell every twelve minutes for an Iraqi child who had died from sanctions-related malnutrition. Most received 30-day jail sentences served at the Carl Robinson Correctional Institution in Enfield, Connecticut.

Case

Carl Robinson Correctional Institution
Charges: Trespass / sit-in at Senator Lieberman's Hartford office
Arrested: Jul 1, 1999
Incarcerated: Jul 1, 1999
Released: Dec 14, 1999
Sentence: 30 days
Institution State: Connecticut