Wednesday, August 27, 2003

Prison protest escalates Over 20 Republican prisoners at HMP Maghaberry are currently taking part in a no wash protest [~] the prisoners are demanding segregation from loyalist inmates who vastly outnumber them and are involved in a campaign of intimidation that has resulted in several attacks and numerous death threats. What follows is the jail journal of one protesting prisoner which was published in the Andersonstown News (July 28, 2003): [Saoirse: Prison protest escalates] Comments: Google It! 5:13:43 PM

Pathological Political Disorder Anthony McIntyre Last weekend's killing of Danny McGurk by the Real IRA was an incident as predictable as it was fatal. As an Irish News editorial pointed out it is worth remembering that three other young men were shot in the legs in nationalist parts of Belfast and Co Tyrone on the same weekend that Danny McGurk died. This increase in punishment attacks during the Stormont institutional hiatus always carried with it the potential to see the Andy Kearney murder revisited on some other misfortunate. Andy Kearney died at the hands of a Provisional IRA punishment squad just over 5 years ago. His death prompted considerable public disquiet. The lesson is simple: corporal punishment administered by any of the various IRA[base ']s can on occasion, despite the intent, become capital punishment. [The Blanket: Pathological Political Disorder] Comments: Google It! 5:10:23 PM

Bad law rules Michael McKevitt's conviction in the Special Criminal Court last week was due more to the practice of bad law than any offence he allegedly committed. [AP/RN: Bad law rules] Comments: Google It! 5:00:29 PM

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