IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

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Socialist Challenge No. 50, 15 June 1978 · p. 8 of the scan · 374 words

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IRELAND'S TORTURE A Thursday AMNESTY something happened. Television technicians working on the Thames Television programme This Week went on strike in protest against political censorship.

They refused to put out a programme after the Independent Broadcasting is organisation. It does not enjoy taking 'democratic' suicide. hospital.

busband conservative questioning, the victim tried to commit He ended up in a mental Women prisoners were also subject The woman in to psychological terror.

Case No. 12 alleged! "Threat of rape. Threats that her child would be taken away from -MOLIE -ALL be told Threats she 1131 unfaithful him. Threats cectroshack. Degrading treatment Cher skirt was lifted), the light interrogation room was turned off and she was threarened with rape The small HUMOLE of inflicted" injuries were caused, Amnesty out of desperaiion -hope that the would transferred Ameesty spoke to confirm that simulation of injuries for the purpose of defaming the police was very rare:

The Amnesty mission also severely criticise the North authorities for blatantly disreparding ¡odpes rules in that the denial of access to solicitors to persons arrested...is SIDER T DISCULE is the sostem by which the police bandle complints against them. These, says Amnesty, are deficient in practice While Amnesty chose their carefully, wbile theis recommendations of are somewhat mild including the demand public coquiry, have been rejected by the Masondiscover. - Britain 1s sell- opponents in the North of Ireland on a say persistent in the disregarding even its own limited legal be safeguards and is policy makers have lied to all aod sundry about what has been going on.

Such is Britain in Treland in 1978, as it has been for many years previous and as it will be for many years to come Until, quite simpiy, they ger out, ELLATE Similarly attacked words although even the truth is not hard to torturing its political and regular basis. It is BILLY BLEASE becan received a baronage in What, you may ask has ti

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From brain damage to rape threats

quite extraordinary substitute comedy

SOME SAY Britain has only contributed starvation, the treatment of suspects Castlereagh interrogation centre near Belfast. This action of the technicians was the first time an such political protest has been held by televisio

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