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Date Posted: Sun, Mar 06 2011, 12:10:41 PST
Author: CR VETS
Subject: UNCENSORED LETTER (1)
In reply to: CR Vets 's message, "Letter 2 Irish News-Challenge Strip Searches" on Sun, Mar 06 2011, 2:00:40 PST

Hi, below is the actual letter I sent to the Irish News, they edited it. Mandy

Horrific strip searches need to be challenged.
In a recent letter to the Irish News �Irish Prisoners continue to be brutally abused� Feb 24th. Fionnbarra O�Dochartaigh, highlighted that within Maghaberry there are republican prisoners still brutally strip searched.
On the 12th of August 2010 after long negotiations an agreement was established, all those involved in these negotiations; the prisoner representatives, the facilitators and the gaol/N.I.O representatives all signed the 12thAugust 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 in place prior to the 12thAugust agreement.
Since Sept 2010 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 8 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 be monitoring the situation and would challenge any human rights violations against prisoners. There should be no hiding place for anyone committing such offences against prisoners.
These offences need to be highlighted publicly by everyone as and when they happen. To those who gave those assurances we challenge you to publicly condemn such barbaric treatment and hold to account those who have perpetuated such acts. To those who profess to be advocates of human rights we call on you to challenge these abuses. To the republican constituency we reiterate to you the prisoners� commitment to continue to fight for their rights, as republican prisoners have always done. We hereby ask you to support these prisoners in their gaol struggle.
Mandy Duffy

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UNCENSORED LETTER (2) -- Fionnbarra, Sun, Mar 06 2011, 12:23:24 PST