Support Demands Of Maghaberry Prisoners for their rights and dignity to be respected

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Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:54:42 +0000
Brendan Lillis, Repression, Belfast, Press release, Other type, WSM PRO

Around 30 Republican prisoners continue to engage in a ‘dirty protest’ in Maghaberry prison over the failure of the Northern Ireland Administration and the Prison Officers Association to implement a facilitated agreement reached between all parties last August. This is part of a wider criminalisation policy to punish, brutalize and isolate prisoners which includes regular beatings and strip-searching - which remains the outstanding issue to be resolved. Similarly to the 1980/81 prison struggles, the prisoners are simply asking for their rights and dignity to be respected.