Fear Dorcha Anthony McIntyre • 24 February 2008 I reached across and kissed him on the forehead. His skin was cold to the touch. I could feel his brow but he was beyond sensing my lips. Fear Dorcha had died the previous evening just after ten o’clock. Now he lay in his coffin, his body draped in the Irish tricolour,
Continua a leggereThe former hunger striker and IRA commander Brendan Hughes has died in hospital. The 59-year-old Belfast man was taken into hospital last week after becoming critically ill. His family said he passed away on Saturday night. He was the “officer commanding” IRA prisoners in the Maze jail and ordered a dirty protest and later led the first republican hunger strike
Continua a leggereAction request by the IFC MEDICAL NEGLECT AT PORTLAOISE PRISON 12 February 2008 Irish Freedom Committee NewsList http://www.irishfreedomcommittee. net The shameful record of medical neglect to Irish Republican political prisoners continues at Ireland’s Portlaoise Prison!! Aidan Hulme, long in grave pain from a poorly treated injury sustained before he was first interned in a British prison over 6 years ago;
Continua a leggereJohn Brady nonostante sia caduta l’accusa per tentato omicidio. Fu condannato all’ergastolo per l’omicidio di David Black (RUC Reserve Constable) nel 1991 ma poi rilasciato nel 1998 secondo l’accordo del Good Friday Agreement. La lincenza è stata revocata ed arrestato nuovamente nel novembre del 2003. Nell’ottobre del 2006 Lord Chief Justice Brian Kerr ha ordinato che Brady sconti almeno 15
Continua a leggereJohn Brady e Barrie Devine sono stati scarcerati dopo che la prova del DNA è stata dichiarata non attendibile. La decisione è stata presa dopo una revisione di tutti i casi in cui è stata utilizzata la tecnica del low copy number DNA testing. La tecnica è molto sensibile e può essere utilizzata per effettuare il test del DNA campioni
Continua a leggereCoiste na n-Iarchimi, cos’è? “Coiste na n-Iarchimi è un’organizzazione ombrello che comprende gruppi ed individui che lavorano per il sociale, economia ed il benessere emotivo degli appartenenti alla corrente repubblicana, degli ex detenuti e delle loro famiglie. Coiste na n-Iarchimi coordina gli sforzi dei suoi membri, in un clima di auto-aiuto, incoraggiameno e di aiuto reciproco.” Mission Statement ‘Coiste na
Continua a leggerefrom Irish News The director of republican ex-prisoners group Coiste na nlarchimi has left to his post after almost a decade. Mike Ritchie has been director of the group for just over nine years but is now moving on to the position of Director of the Committee for the Administration of Justice. Coiste acts as a representative body for former
Continua a leggereModern Times It is said we live in modern times, In the civilised year of ‘seventy nine, But when I look around, all I see, Is modern torture, pain, and hypocrisy. In modern times little children die, They starve to death, but who dares ask why? And little girls without attire, Run screaming, napalmed, through the night afire. And while
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