I have been in prison since carly 1975. Since then 1 have listened to jellow arsoners recollections of their experience in the so-called "interrogation centres'. T know personally three men from different areas of the North who signed statements admitting guilt to the killings of separate members of the security forces. Killings comunit, nor have any part in. it which they in well known in prison cincles that these men are innocest and In cach case the victims suffered extreme mental and physical LOE AC CIRE ECHURCH The recent publicity given to the methods of torture and interrogation practiced at the Castlereagh Detention Centre in Belfast are currently being investigated by Amnesty International. Our regular correspondent from Long Kesh prisoner of war camp tells of the human consequences of just one victim of such "interrogation".
When they could no longer stick IL LUCE SEKO SECUE DICAIU statements, thus condemning themscives to long periods in I mention only three cases but if can be reasonably there are many others in a similar position. Sadly they have become the forgotten men and women as volume a tonure ano brutality allegations continue to and became friendly with one of the three. He was very young. innocent and very naive. The more T talked to him the more 1 realised how was. He seered thrilled to be li tc compauy orlacu who ne sam as folk heroes. He was so carried away with it all that before long BC BEEc mmsen a Tuay Hedged IRA man.
youthful patriotic ment bubbline in him had finalh found an outler. Little did he realise the consequences of signlay a contesan To Bn Kii o a soldier, a crime in which be assuimed thar dido'l have any part. Nor did he realise what life imprisonment really meant.
olish. But the Tacts are that tf im exploited his innocence, and a peychological phase in his life, in order to obtain an admission of murder from him. As a result n n QuNOR.Toe VIl n will be deprived of / zullible he really The crows bide escalale. sentito find any scrap MENSOIII carian and class higoery.
Branch who questioned cernied about and week of November freedom for many years to come His torture is but beginning, as BATTaCHs wiser he will only then realise what he was forced to do and bis ness goeng menar sancrg wi rapic Although To remedy this and many othe njustices it is imperative that al those sentenceu on the bass n their own "admissions" have their cases reviewed by a more impartial judicial body rhan the preseot one which is ouly too glad Republican to satisty their seoDid it still gaes on. Ar a nati the widespread imprisooment youm or mnar cuy wuring thc urs With the te-opening of Gough Military out now caire on 1' ovembe tu local interrogarion men and wamen were picked up and brought there to per "bus Armagh has been relatively quiet far a lang perio anart from a seris af unsoIVe: Loyalist manders. the arrests were concentrated on the Catho HENOTEIS LRSSHECH The population of Armagh i around 10,000 approximateh Mal ae OSLASE mELR. of these Catholics were charged with various offences and throan BHOUOSOTCEISEU They were aged hetween 15 and 19.
These arrests necount for 0.2 per pent of the Nationalist pobwation. That Geure mich nor appear extraordinars but magine il that many had bee atoaat to 2,000 people -anather 4,000 nicked up. Such R RIALOL SRET INHA 333HN ripple in Britain So na wonder the Nationali: pod no wonde t SEINSI no wonder there is such anxiety and consternation int all AOLSILI estates. The question heing asked DoR i5, who is next?
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