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>LETTER TO THE IRISH NEWS, published, Sat. MARCH 5, >2011. >Re-circulated by the Derry & N-West Civil Rights >Network – rights.civil@googlemail.com > >HORRIFIC STRIP SEARCHES NEED TO BE CHALLENGED > >Fionnbarra O’Dochartaigh (Feb. 24) highlighted that >within Maghaberry there are republican prisoners still >being brutally strip searched. > >On August 12 last year, after long negotiations, an >agreement was established. All those involved in these >negotiations – the prisoner representatives, the >facilitators and the NIO representatives – all signed >the agreement, as a bond of their sincerities. > >As part of the agreement it was ‘agreed’ that a new >technology-led search would replace the humiliating >strip searches. > >Since last September that agreement has been reneged >upon. On as many as 40 occasions, republican prisoners >have been subjected to brutal, forced strip searches >by up to eight members of the search team dressed in >full body armour, while leaving for and returning from >court and hospital appointments. > >Fionnbarra raises the point that ‘silence is deafening >from certain quarters’. This is certainly the case >with a number of political representatives who assured >both the prisoners and their families that they would >challenge any human rights violations against >prisoners. > >There should be no hiding place for anyone committing >such offences against prisoners. > >MANDY DUFFY, >Lurgan, Co. Armagh.

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