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Injustice by the British justice system Oct 18 15 Ten Years of the PSNI- What has changed? Dec 23 11 Prison Officers to walk away with 60 million in north as sectarian leg... Nov 11 11 Anti interment vigil in Dublin![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On Saturday members of the Dublin anarchist Black Cross attended a vigil held outside the GPO (General Post Office) in Dublin to highlight the continued use of interment by remand against Republicans prisoners throughout Ireland. The vigal was called by the Anti-Interment Committee. They called on all Republican groups, Prisoner support groups, community groups, trade unions, and civil rights groups to attend the vigil. The vigil was well attended by members of the Irish Republican Socialist Party, the 32 County Sovernthy Movement, 1916 Societies, Republican Network for Unity, Cogus, Dublin says No, and independent activists. All these groups came together to highlight the continued lack of human rights by the Irish sate and the British state against Republican activists. Many passer bys stopped to have a look at the vigal and some came over to ask questions about what was going on. |
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The sixty million payoff to prison officers in Northern Ireland could be much better spent on addressing the causes of crime such as poverty, social deprivation and prison rehabilitation. Prison officers who served during the Troubles could walk away from their jobs with packages of more than £120,000 plus pension as part of a £60m redundancy programme aimed at ‘modernising’ the service. As the economic crisis deepens in Ireland, brutal conditions worsen in it's already overcrowded prisons. Of course the incarcerated are almost exclusively from the poorest sections of society, and the real criminals who have brought economic blight upon the country will never see the inside of a cell or have to endure slopping out.
A case that’s need highlighting is the case of Republican prisoner Willy Wong, he is held in Maghaberry Prison in Co Antrim. In March 2010 he was arrested along with another man and charged, eventually convicted of possession of a pipe bomb. He was sentenced very differently to the way Republican prisoners (and social prisoners) usually get sentenced. He was sentenced for an undetermined period, but after 5 years inprisoned it would be up to the Parole board when he is to be released.
This year marks the ten year anniversary of the continuity RUC/PSNI with former Chief Constable Hugh Orde once referring to the force as the ‘most democratic, accountable police service in the world.’ However, despite the cosmetic changes and window dressing the reality on the ground for working class communities is in stark contrast to the propaganda media blitz waged by the status-quo.
The refusal by British Justice Secretary Jack Straw to grant the great train robber Ronnie Biggs parole exposes the extent of injustice and corruption which underpins the class system.
In northern Ireland District Policing Partnerships (DPPs) were set up by the Policing Board in conjunction with local councils in early 2003 to provide “accountable and effective” policing
A report by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture has found that conditions in several Irish prisons are extremely unsafe. more >>Sorry, no press releases matched your search, maybe try again with different settings. |