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FREEDOM COMMITTEE® NEWSLIST www.irishfreedomcommittee.net ----------------------------- Subject: Derry POW Seamus Doherty seeks Judicial Review Date: 01 30 04 -------------- icDerry.com Jan 30 2004 Derry Man Seeks Judicial Review SOLICITORS ACTING for a Derry man currently being held on remand in Maghaberry Prison on an explosives charge have lodged papers with the High Court in Belfast seeking a judicial review of the decision to continue with the prosecution. Seamus Doherty has been remanded in custody charged in connection with an incident in Newry when an explosive device was found and this week solicitor Mr. Paddy MacDermott sought leave for a judicial review of the DPP's decision to continue with the prosecution. Two Newry men, Martin Brogan and Mark Carrol, who were also being held in relation to the same incident, were released late last year after it was revealed that British soldiers had tampered with evidence before it was sent to the forensic science laboratory. It also emerged that a senior member of the PSNI had asked a forensic scientist to change his statement to protect an informer. Mr. MacDermott said: "There is clear evidence that there are serious irregularities in the evidence involved in this case. We have seen the release of two others charged in connection with the same incident and we have sought Mr. Doherty's immediate release." He added: "We are seeking a judicial review to look at the legality of the decision of the DPP to proceed with this prosecution despite the irregularities that have emerged. "We are also challenging the fact that there has been a considerable delay in bringing the case against Mr. Doherty. "My client has always maintained that the only evidence against him - alleged DNA samples - was planted. "Given what we already know about the activities of the British army and the PSNI in this case it is hard to see how the DPP can justify going ahead with this prosecution." The Derry solicitor revealed that papers had already been lodged with the High Court and that the first hearing to decide if a judicial review should go ahead could take place within days. At the time of the release of the two Newry men both Mr. MacDermott and solicitor for the two, Kevin Winters, said the case had major implications for all cases involving forensic evidence. The irregularities first came to light when a solicitor for the two men discovered a letter from a senior officer in the PSNI asking for a statement to be 'modified' to remove evidence linking an informer to the charge. |
| IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE® NEWSLIST www.irishfreedomcommittee.net ----------------------------- Subject: Republican POW testifies at Saville Inquiry Date: Tuesday Jan. 27, 2004 Ciaran McLaughlin was called from Maghaberry prison yesterday to the witness stand at the Bloody Sunday Tribunal. In over one hour of his testimony, he described the panic and terror as he and his neighbors fled for their lives, taking cover however they could, as British soldiers fired at civilian targets so close to him that his denim jacket had a bullet hole through it. More news to come shortly. The Irish Freedom Committee® ************************************************ © The Irish Freedom Committee® NewsList - IFC Updates |
| IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE® NEWSLIST ----------------------------- Subject: British act to transfer Irish prisoners to British jails Date: January 20, 2004 Parliament has today taken steps to transfer Irish republican political prisoners to British or off-shore prisons.
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| IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE® NEWSLIST ----------------------------- Subject: Prisoners complain of degrading conditions - IPOW Letter to Derry News Date: January 20, 2004 Letter from Irish POW John Brady in today's Derry Journal. Transcribed and sent to the IFC from the Irish Anti-Partition League, Derry
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| IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE® NEWSLIST www.irishfreedomcommittee.net ----------------------------- Subject: Man blames pro-Treaty Provos for attack Date: Tuesday January 20, 2004 BBC News Tuesday, 20 January, 2004, 21:12 GMT Man blames IRA on attack 
The man said four people were waiting in the garden A 42-year-old west Belfast man shot by the IRA has said the organisation will continue to attack people. |
| IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE® NEWSLIST www.irishfreedomcommittee.net ----------------------------- Subject: PRO-TREATY 'STORMONT TROOPERS' SHOOT PRISONERS’ WELFARE CAMPAIGNER Date: January 19, 2004 STORMONT TROOPERS ASSAULT ANTI-TREATY PRISONERS’ RIGHTS CAMPAIGNER Provisional Sinn Fein thugs brutally shoot community worker and injure aged mother. Statement follows from ANDY MARTIN in BELFAST ----------------------- Condemnation of PIRA Shooting of Republican Activist "(We) utterly condemn this mornings shooting of a Prisoner’s welfare activist in Twinbrook, West Belfast. 42 year old George McCall was shot once in each ankle by the 13 strong mob who identified themselves as members of the Provisional IRA. Mr. McCall’s mother was also assaulted in the gang attack. No reason has been given for the attack on the long time republican activist. Two years ago Mr. McCall was abducted by the Provisional’s and ordered to give up his activities in support of anti-agreement republican prisoners, he was also told to keep his criticisms of Sinn Fein revisionism to himself. Mr. McCall refused to be brow beaten by fascism then and today he stated that he will not change his political beliefs because of this incident. "In the run up to the review of the Good Friday Agreement, the provisional movement has obviously been given the green light to intimidate as many political opponents as possible. It has been noted that on the day when the Provo police were out in force terrorizing republican communities their political wing have recruited an ex-RUC officer and SDLP councilor. Billy Leonard will obviously feel at home with the Provisional Movement as given his back round, he will have plenty of practice with anti-republican, revisionist politics and terrorizing republicans in their communities. "(We call) on the leadership of Sinn Fein to condemn this gangster style attack or else stop pontificating when other groups use violence to achieve their objectives. " ENDS ************************************************ For more see PROVO BROY HARRIERS ************************************************ © The Irish Freedom Committee® NewsList - IFC Updates |
| IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE® NEWSLIST www.irishfreedomcommittee.net ----------------------------- Subject: MAGHABERRY PRISON – Civil Rights Vets Date: Friday, January 16, 2004 The following Press Release is from the Derry Civil Rights Veterans, regarding this Wednesday’s loyalist wrecking spree at Maghaberry and the documented conspiracies between loyalist paramilitary prisoners and the Prisoners Officers Association. For more information see FURTHER READING at the bottom of the page. The Irish Freedom Committee® ************************************************ MAGHABERRY PRISON – Civil Rights Vets Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:50 PM CONTACT: CIVIL RIGHTS VETERANS, DERRY oct5th_vets68@hotmail.com PRESS RELEASE A LOCAL civil rights veterans' groups has issued what they describe as "a global alert" via the Internet on the situation in HMP Maghaberry, after what it describes as "a loyalist riot" on Wednesday night last. A spokesman also expressed the group's fears on proposed legislation to transfer prisoners to jails in Britain, and called for the immediate humane release from Maghaberry of asylum-seekers and inmates categorised as "undocumented migrants", whom he claim are in a "life-threatening and racist environment". The October Fifth Association's (OFA) "global alert" was issued during the riot, and before the full extent of what was a ten-hour wrecking spree was publicly revealed. Some eighteen prison officers needed treatment for burns, shock and smoke inhalation, after fires were started deliberately during an overnight rampage. The OFA claims that the riot, involving upwards of 35 loyalists, caused extensive damage to the kitchen, recreation and other facilities at the Bann House wing in the jail near Lisburn. A number of Derry republicans are held at Maghaberry, at least one of whom is serving an eighteeen-year sentence for possession of arms. A Prison Officers' Association (POA) spokesman next day confirmed, "These people have gone on a rampage of wanton destruction. They have destroyed fridges, cookers, Microwave ovens, food serving units, and two snooker tables provided for their own recreational purposes". Marcus Lewis, chairman of the POA at Maghaberry, continued, " They have completely gutted by fire an office with all its equipment. They have smashed up table tennis units and televisions". The PSNI chief constable issued a statement linking Belfast pipe-bomb finds to the riot in Maghaberry, and also on Thursday it was revealed that British Army technical officers were called to the prison during the ten-hour siege to deal with a suspect device. Reports indicate that this device was "at" the prison, so it remains unclear if it was inside, or outside the establishment. The OFA main spokesperson, local author and historian Mr. Fionnbarra Ó Dochartaigh, told Derry News on Sunday, "A conspiracy theorist could have a field-day when dealing with Maghaberry. Some weeks ago, newspapers, which can be described as pro-unionist, were reporting that members of the POA were in collusion with loyalist hard-liners in a bid to have the homes of prison staff attacked, and paying cash for such apparent favours. That theorist might question what the possible "kick-backs" might be. These press reports referred to applications for security grants of upwards of £20,000. This would place a burden of millions of pounds on the hard-pressed tax-paying public, " he alleged. He continued, "Now we witness a major riot taking place in Maghaberry, on the same day as POA representatives held talks with the government and TUC in London, on this specific grants issue, and in a bid to avert a strike over security measures. The POA members dealing with the riot seem to have been self-assured and very restrained. There were no reports of batons, tear-gas or dogs being employed while endeavouring to resolve the situation. It seems also very odd that there have been no reports of loyalist prisoners either being ill-treated or physically assaulted. The conspiracy theorist might be forgiven if he or she asked the question, "Would this have been the scenario if republicans had rioted? The OFA also highlighted expected legislation at Westminster that would allow for the transfer of 'disruptive' prisoners from jails here to Britain. Mr. O'Dochartaigh, the OFA's hon. Secretary, has written letters to the N. Ireland Secretary, Paul Murphy, the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Dublin, Brian Cohen, and others. He describes these proposals as "enforced deportations which will be motivated more by political expediency than concern for the security or well being of prisoners or their families. Such would be an economic and psychological nightmare for inmate and loved-one alike. The British government and the NIO should have a serious re-think on this highly charged policy, which is obviously seriously flawed, and not only morally questionable, but is a clear breach of European Model Prison rules. These place a great emphasis on the need for prison inmates to not only be held in close proximity to their family but also their community", the correspondence stressed. Mr. Ó Dochartaigh at the weekend expressed his concern for asylum seekers and other inmates at Maghaberry who are classified as "undocumented migrants". He alleged that they were in a life-threatening and racist environment, and called for all to be freed and granted the right to obtain employment and become part of society, while their cases were being processed. He commented, " these people are daily the victims of verbal abuse of a bigoted, racist and xenophobic nature, similar to the fate of our forefathers when forces to emigrate because of starvation, disease and officially-sanctioned repression, which some historians have described as genocide. Let Ireland remember those days, and remain a land of welcome wherever humanely possible", he concluded. ENDS ************************************************ FURTHER READING: Nov. 09 03 - Maghaberry warder in LVF, drugs link http://members.freespeech.org/irishpows/bb3//november_2003.htm#maghaberrywarder_drugs,lvf Nov. 07 03 - Maghaberry ‘Tinderbox’ – Derry Journal http://members.freespeech.org/irishpows/bb3//november_2003.htm#maghaberry_tinderbox_finbarr Nov. 03 03 - Prison Warders Asked For Attacks, Say Loyalists http://members.freespeech.org/irishpows/bb3//november_2003.htm#warders_askedfor_attacks Nov. 02 03 - Loyalists want British army to run jails http://members.freespeech.org/irishpows/bb3//november_2003.htm#loyalists_britisharmy_maghaberry ************************************************ © The Irish Freedom Committee® NewsList - IFC Updates |
| IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE® NEWSLIST www.irishfreedomcommittee.net ----------------------------- Subject: Response by the Maghaberry POW’s to the ‘Compact proposals for Separated Prisoners’ Date: Friday January 15, 2004 ******Please forward widely.****** The Prisons Service has announced a new regime for Republican prisoners at Maghaberry including: · Loss of education, recreation, exercise, free association, canteen facilities, and religious practice · Daily cell and full body searches · “Rehabilitation” examination by clinical psychologists, same as given to sex offenders, prior to any paroles Republican prisoners at Maghaberry recently won separation from loyalist death squads-- who they were housed with on the same landings, and in one case in the same cell-- following repeated assaults and death threats to the Republicans. Intransigence on the prison administration’s part led to a prolonged dirty protest by the Republican prisoners last year to obtain segregation and safety. The Irish Freedom Committee joins the Republican prisoners in condemning this most recent tactic of “criminalization” as it cannot solve the ongoing problems inside the jails, but indeed will only further exacerbate them. Following is the full statement from the Maghaberry Republican Prisoners. The Irish Freedom Committee® ************************************************ Subject: Maghaberry Statement Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 01:50:36 +0000 Response by the Maghaberry POW’s to the ‘Compact proposals for Separated Prisoners’. Maghaberry POW’s wish to draw public attention to our concerns regarding future conditions at the gaol. Following recent protests the prison authorities agreed reluctantly for a Republican Wing set apart from those occupied by criminals and pro-British paramilitaries. This decision was made in line with the government sponsored Steele Report. Subsequently the ‘Northern Ireland Prison Service’ has announced its intentions to launch a new regime for the Republican Wing entitled “Compact for Separated Prisoners”. Bearing in mind the tendency of the British authorities to act in bad faith when dealing with Republican prison protests, the POW’s felt the need to look upon the proposed regime with caution. On closer inspection it appears our concerns were well-founded. At the heart of the compact document lies the prison authorities intention to deny normal everyday activities such as education, recreation, exercise, regular association, canteen facilities and even religious practice to prisoners on Republican wings. The denial of these rights is to be accompanied by daily cell and full body searches. It is our opinion that these proposals amount to no less than punitive sanctions against those Republicans who choose to live in safety on their own wing. Of equal concern is the prison service intention to enforce upon Republican prisoners a rehabilitation scheme under the title “The Home-Leave Resettlement Boards” as a pre-condition to successful parole applications. The system will require prisoners to undergo formal risk assessment which will rely upon input from the PSNI, Probation service and clinical psychologists and will look for evidence that the prisoner has been “addressing his offending behaviour while in gaol”. This programme is mandatory for criminals and sex offenders and to impose it on Republicans is no less than a calculated insult to political prisoners who know full well they do not need to be rehabilitated from anything. In keeping with our integrity as Irish Republicans, the well-being of future POW’s, not to mention the sacrifices of past POW’s on our behalf, we reject the “Compact for Separated Prisoners” document. Our men have been instructed not to sign any document in relation to it.
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| IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE® NEWSLIST www.irishfreedomcommittee.net ----------------------------- Subject: Prisoner List updated Date: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 Please see the updated prisoner list on the IFC website at the page here Also please note the following birthdays for the month of January, if you have not already had the chance to send cards: PRISONER BIRTHDAYS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY (Prison addresses follow) Stiofan O Dalaigh, January 1, 1976, Married, 12 Years, from Fermanagh, Maghaberry Prison Liam Grogan, January 1, 1977, Single, 22 years, from Kildare, Portlaoise Prison (E-2/E-3) Alan Ryan, January 3, 1980, Single, 7 Years, from Dublin, Portlaoise Prison (E-4) Pascal Burke, January 9, 1964, Married, 8 years, from Dublin, Portlaoise Prison (E-2/E-3) John McNamara, January 28, 1962, Married, 3 years, from Kildare, Portlaoise Prison (E-2/E-3) ------------------- PRISON ADDRESSES: PORTLAOISE PRISON Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Ireland (indicate wing #) MAGHABERRY PRISON Upper Ballinderry Road, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, BT 28, North of Ireland ------------------ As ever your cards and letters to Irish republican political prisoners are very much appreciated throughout the year. Go raibh maith agat IFC POW Dept. The Irish Freedom Committee® ************************************************ © The Irish Freedom Committee® NewsList - IFC Updates |
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FREEDOM COMMITTEE® NEWSLIST www.irishfreedomcommittee.net ----------------------------- Subject: Ciaran McLaughlin denied visit to ailing mother Date: Sunday January 4, 2003 Continuing refusals of compassionate parole to Irish Republican Political Prisoner Ciaran McLaughlin, whose mother is now critically ill. Story from today’s Sunday “Derry News” forwarded to us by the Full Status Committee, Derry. For more information on the continuing human rights abuses to Irish republican prisoner Ciaran McLaughlin, including the repeated denial of compassionate parole by the Prisons Service in a number of family illnesses and deaths, go to http://members.freespeech.org/irishpows/bb3/POWs/ciaran_mclaughlin.htm The Irish Freedom Committee® ************************************************ SUNDAY DERRY NEWS – PAGE 2 Report by Darinagh Boyle – January 4, 2004 Derry inmate denied visit to ailing mother Prison Services have refused Derry republican prisoner Ciaran McLaughlin compassionate leave to spend time with his seriously ill mother, it emerged yesterday. However, they claim they are keeping his application for temporary release under review. The McLaughlin family has been recently twice bereaved – by the death of Ciaran’s seriously ill grandchild Kyle in 2002 and his father last month. Mc Laughlin, who is serving an 18-year sentence for arms possession, turned down compassionate parole to attend his father’s funeral in protest at the brevity of his release. On his most recent release, McLaughlin abided fully by the terms set by the prison authorities, including being accompanied for the duration of his parole by independent escort SDLP councillor Pat Ramsay. McLaughlin had been granted a total eight hours absence from Maghaberry to visit his dying father and returned to his cell within the allotted time. A spokesperson for the Civil rights Veterans Association, which campaigns for republic PoWs said McLaughlin was requesting “quality time” with his recently bereaved mother. And he claims that in contrast to reports of a more compassionate approach, parole figures for Christmas 2003 compared to 2002, indicated the Maghaberry authorities were exercising a more draconian regime. “A total of 118 prisoners were released from prisons in the Six Counties for Christmas,” said a spokesman. “They were freed for between one and ten days. The number is dramatically down on the 184 prisoners who were granted leave last year. “Even the Prison Service will privately admit that the system has imposed more stringent criteria, but are reluctant to do so in print. Of the total released last year only four failed to return from Christmas home leave and were declared “unlawfully at large”. None of these four were political prisoners, who traditionally respect any parole granted, for the sake of their comrades ‘inside’. I also hasten to add that all four were back in custody within a week. Grief McLaughlin who applied for 72-hours when his grandchild died in 2002 – was granted 12 hours. He initially did not report back to the prison authorities after his leave had expired. But later handed himself over to a local member of the clergy. [Within the 72 hours] McLaughlin refused the 12-hour leave he was last offered to attend his father Dennis’s funeral in Derry, explaining that it was not enough time to travel and grieve with his family. A letter issued by the Prison Services stated, “In the light of [Mrs. McLaughlin’s] poor prognosis, the situation will be kept under continual review and, if her health changes for the worse, consideration will be given to any application for temporary release made at that time.” ************************************************ CIARAN MCLAUGHLIN |
| IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE® NEWSLIST www.irishfreedomcommittee.net ----------------------------- Subject: Marian Price at International symposium on Isolation Date: January 4, 2003 Irish republican prisoners rights spokeswoman Marian Price recently brought the struggle for Political Status to a world-wide audience in Florence, Italy. Our congratulations to Marian Price for a tremendous speech. Also see: IFC NewsList December 30, 2003: "Irish POW's message to International Symposium on Isolation, Florence Italy" The Irish Freedom Committee® ************************************************ An extract of the Conference speech given by Irish Republican prisoners' rights delegate Marian Price to the International symposium on Isolation in Florence, Italy (19-21 Dec). Friends and Comrades, (We) wish to thank the organisers of this conference for giving us the opportunity to tell of our experiences in the prison struggle. We would also like to take this opportunity to send our solidarity and greetings to all those groups and individuals who are gathered here today. Prisons, by their very nature, are instruments of control and isolation. This has particular significance in relation to political prisoners, who generally see themselves as part of a coherent organised and revolutionary grouping. The aim of the prison administration then, is to disrupt the cohesion that exists between political prisoners in order to reduce them down to isolated individuals. This is to stop the possibility of any kind of unified action, and also to sap the will of the political prisoner who is then faced with the entire machinery of oppression that makes up the prison system. As in any freedom struggle, the existence of the prison is in itself a political tool. It is a breeding ground for human rights violations by prison administrators and officials. It can also benefit the status quo by being a harsh and brutal place where the state is able to dispose of unwanted or troublesome members of society, and can further be used as a threat against those who may consider supporting or joining revolutionary and insurgent organisations. The end result is that the state can attempt to deny the political legitimacy of the liberation struggle and instead portray it as a criminal conspiracy. Prison struggle has had an important place in Irish History for these very reasons. During the blanket protests (and later the 1980/81 hunger-strikes) Long Kesh, then the main prison in the north of Ireland, became known to many as “The Breakers Yard”. This was because the sole reason it existed was to smash the Republican liberation movement by physically and mentally destroying those whom it held hostage behind its walls. The reason it did not succeed was because those who ran the prison, along with those in the British government who issued the orders, underestimated the strength and determination of the Irish Republicans who resisted them. People like Bobby Sands and his nine comrades who were later to die on hunger-strike understood their own position as political prisoners and were willing to suffer every hardship; beatings, scalding, mental and physical torture and ultimately death, rather than accept the label of ‘criminal’. Instead of defeating the Republican struggle by initiating a policy of pain and brutality, the outcome was the opposite. The deaths of the 10 hunger-strikers and the sufferings of their fellow prisoners went on to inspire many more generations of young people to carry the struggle forward. It is with great irony then, that some of those young men who heeded the call to defend the Republic recently found themselves in a situation not far removed from the one that the 10 hunger-strikers experienced so many years before. The background to this has been the failed Good Friday Agreement which was signed up to by all the political parties (including Sinn Fein) in 1998. Within it was the signing away of political status for prisoners. After that date any person involved in military action against the British Forces would receive no special category status and instead would be imprisoned as a criminal. This was seen, correctly, by many as an attempt to hold Republicans to a political compromise whilst effectively stamping out any armed revolutionary challenge. The situation for Republican prisoners changed almost immediately, with those who accepted the signing of the Good Friday Agreement being released under an amnesty and Long Kesh being closed down. From then on Republican prisoners were to be sent to the smaller Maghaberry Jail. When those opposed to the Agreement were captured, whilst involved in Republican military activity, they found themselves in a general prison population amongst thieves, drug dealers and Pro-British paramilitaries. They also found themselves separated from their comrades and at the mercy of abusive prison staff and criminal elements. The isolation, and small number of Republican prisoners meant that resistance to the regime was at first disorganised and weak. However the gradual influx of anti-agreement Republicans into Maghaberry Jail over the months changed all that. This meant that it was eventually a lot harder to keep political prisoners isolated from each other and the prison administration had to deal with well co-ordinated protests such as cell smashing and incidents of sabotage. These incidents came to a head in 2003 when a decision was made by the prisoners to push for segregation from Pro-British paramilitaries and criminal prisoners. This was firstly because Republicans being granted a wing of their own by the prison authorities would be a de facto recognition of their political status, and secondly to help preserve the safety of political prisoners, who up until then had to cope with a hostile and life threatening environment. The main campaign took the form of mass cell wrecking and then proceeded onto a no-wash protest, similar to the blanket protest in Long Kesh during 1980/81. This meant a refusal of the men to shower or shave and spreading their faeces around the cell walls. Although it was a hardship for the men involved, it gave them a psychological advantage over the prison officers who began to refuse to enter the cells to clean them or started to argue with the administration for extra pay to do so. However, on many occasions riot squads or ‘control and restraint’ personnel were sent in to physically assault and remove the prisoners to other parts of the prison. This resulted in some prisoners needing urgent hospital treatment as the prison officers again attempted to break the protest and return the prison to normal. The parallels with the situation that created the hunger-strikes were clear and many ordinary Republicans in the community outside began to let their feelings be known. Rallies and militant action, such as occupying the Prison Service headquarters and the BBC headquarters by The Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association were getting more frequent media attention highlighting the unfolding problem. This became a major problem for pro-Agreement parties who wished to assure the world that British rule had been ‘normalized’ in Ireland and that anti-agreement prisoners either did not exist at all or had little or no support. The result was that the prison administration slowly backed down, and through continuing consultation with prisoners and their representatives are at present establishing a separate wing for the Republican prisoners in Maghaberry Jail. The situation still remains tense, as the administration is at times reluctant to grant what the Republican prisoners rightly struggled for. The lesson to be learned from our experience is that isolation is used by states and prison regimes as a counter-insurgency strategy. It is an assault upon the very foundations of any revolutionary movement that struggles for justice and human dignity and must be opposed by whatever means we have at our disposal. However, we must not be down hearted, for revolutionaries are born out of such injustice and each one is a ray of hope. In the words of one such revolutionary; “out of the darkness comes the light, and out of despair comes a means to fight back”. Beir Bua. (ENDS) ************************************************ Irish POW's message to International Symposium on Isolation, Florence Italy IFC NewsList December 30, 2003 More information on the International symposium on Isolation Indymedia ************************************************ © The Irish Freedom Committee® NewsList - IFC Updates |
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FREEDOM COMMITTEE® NEWSLIST ----------------------------- Subject: Transfer Threat for Republican Prisoners Date: January 01, 2004 The British parliament is debating amendments to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill to allow the transfer of "troublesome" prisoners to off-shore or British prisons. We urge all of our supporters to stay vigilant as this situation develops. Articles below: - "Prisoners Transfer May Face
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