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>======================================================= >==== > >IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE® NEWSLIST >www.irishfreedomcommittee.net >----------------------------- > >Subject: Belmarsh Hunger Strike Ended >Date: 01 07 03 > >An eight-day Hunger Strike mounted by two remand >political prisoners at >Belmarsh Prison in Britain ended today, after >concessions to demands for >their basic human rights were granted by the prison >administration. > >John Paul Hannan (19) and Jim McCormack (33) embarked >on Hunger Strike >eight days ago after enduring weeks of selective abuse >and denial of >their basic rights by the Belmarsh prison >administration, including: > >· Relatives being refused visits for no reason >· Civilian clothes being denied to them >· Phone privileges denied for the holidays >· Letters in and out being held for up to three weeks >· Both held in isolation from three other Irish remand >political >prisoners at Belmarsh > >A prison chaplain made contact with a London clerical >member of the >Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas earlier today >to announce that a >settlement had been reached. The Irish Freedom >Committee recognizes the >efforts of the Irish Political Status Committee and >the London 32 County >Sovereignty Committee for their continuing assistance >in this urgent >matter. > >Trials for John Paul Hannan and Jim McCormack and >three other remand >Irish prisoners at Belmarsh are scheduled to begin in >London on January >16th. The Irish Freedom Committee joins other human >rights groups in >Ireland, Britain and the United States in encouraging >world-wide >attention to what will surely be a show trial bereft >of an impartial >justice. > >For more information on appalling conditions for Irish >political >prisoners at Belmarsh please see links below. > > >The Irish Freedom Committee® >www.irishfreedomcommittee.net > >************************************************ >(Copy and paste URL code into browser if does not show >as active link) > >More on Conditions for Irish Prisoners at Belmarsh: >http://members.freespeech.org/irishpows/bb3/october_200 >2.htm#Ongoing_Mistreatment_Irish_Political_Prisoners > > >Search “Aidan Hulme” at green Search box HERE: >www.irishfreedomcommittee.net >Travesty of “justice” British style- Torture >sanctioned at Belmarsh >Prison!!! > >************************************************ > >SUPPORT IRISH POLITICAL PRISONERS > >www.irishfreedomcommittee.net >************************************************ > >© The Irish Freedom Committee® NewsList - IFC Updates > >Permission to re-publish any article from this post is >granted provided >signature is attached and the active link back to this >site is included. > >To Subscribe to this list send an email to >IFCnews-subscribe@topica.com >with >SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. > >To view Archives, follow HELP instructions or email >deemail@msn.com for >assistance.

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