Support Demands Of Maghaberry Prisoners For Their Rights And Dignity To Be Respected

national | rights, freedoms and repression | opinion/analysis Thursday July 21, 2011 23:11 by Workers Solidarity Movement PRO - Workers Solidarity Movement

Anarchist Organisation Workers Solidarity Movement has issued a statement supporting the demands of the Maghaberry prisoners for their Rights and Dignity to be respected

Anarchist Organisation Workers Solidarity Movement has issued a statement supporting the demands of the Maghaberry prisoners for their Rights and Dignity to be respected

"Around 30 Republican prisoners continue to engage in a ‘dirty protest’ in Maghaberry prison over the failure of the Northern Ireland Administration and the Prison Officers Association to implement a facilitated agreement reached between all parties last August. This is part of a wider criminalisation policy to punish, brutalize and isolate prisoners which includes regular beatings and strip-searching - which remains the outstanding issue to be resolved. Similarly to the 1980/81 prison struggles, the prisoners are simply asking for their rights and dignity to be respected....

The statement in full can be accessed at
http://www.wsm.ie/c/support-demands-maghaberry-prisoners