Cork I.R.P.W.A highlight the internment of Marian Price.

The  Cork I.R.P.W.A have been putting up large placards and banners highlighting the internment of Marian Price throughout cork amid calls for her release. They have been erected at highly visible areas and have been getting a great response. We urge all republican minded people to do anything you can, either make your own banner, contact elected representatives, media outlets, organize a protest, write to the 'Northern Ireland' secretary of state Theresa Villiers (details on cork blog) or any other thing you can do, to highlight her case and that of other republican political prisoners.

MI5/RUC Collusion in psychological torture of remand prisoner.

Gary McDaid finds himself placed in a criminal wing in Maghaberry gaol, deliberately isolated by the British crown, suffering numerous clandestine incursions by British MI5 in collusion with the RUC/PSNI and the MagHaberry regime. Gary was rammed off his motorbike by crown forces, arrested and taken to Antrim interrogation centre where he was questioned by British state forces having already suffered trial by media. Since his arrest he has been targeted no less than 5 times by British MI5 agents. The majority of these approaches occurred whilst he was in police custody at Antrim Serious Crime Suite and occurred in the absence of his nominated legal representatives.  The agents of the British state have been able to gain free access to his cell at any given time. They demonstrated an ability to have him returned to Strand road barracks in Derry to face supposed questioning over a quite separate offence but soon became quite apparent that they had no real questions to put to him with regard to this. His removal to Strand road was simply another blatant attempt to enable mi5 agents to have another go at him, offering him a deal to turn informer under a SOCPA Agreement.
The British appeared to have identified Gary as a vulnerable individual and placed him in a cell in Maghaberry on a criminal wing where Loyalists appear to have free reign to bang on his cell, shouting threats and such like, with constant intimidation an ever present. He had immediately asked to be placed into the Republican wing on Roe 4 and at first was told by the Governor that this shouldn't be a problem until it was stated to him some time later that there was information that he was under threat from Republican prisoners on the wing. This was quickly identified as a non existent threat and merely another manipulated ploy by the British state to give them more time to inflict more mental torture, Fearing for his safety following Loyalist threats within Bann house, he has been forced to undergo a dirty protest as he feared attack during mealtimes and now takes his meals in his cell. The British regime recognise that the only threat he faces is from the Loyalist remand prisoners and are using it as more leverage in targeting Gary for their ongoing psychological torture. He has been put under considerable threat by MI5 agents who appear to have the run of the gaol, Antrim serious crime suite and Strand road barracks. He has been told that they will make him look like an informant whilst also making reference to his children. The ease of which MI5 could gain access to a remand prisoner in the absence of legal representation, putting him in fear of his life should be ringing alarm bells everywhere following the death of Republican John Brady which took place in Strand road barracks, Derry, under extremely dubious circumstances in October 2009. Gary Mc Daid is suffering daily as a result of a a British strategy of enforced isolation whilst enduring blackmail and threats out of sight of legal representation. They appear to think they have recognised an emotional vulnerability and are determined to enforce their psychological torture with complete disregard to the Human rights of a remand prisoner. The presumption of innocence until proven guilty does not come into the equation where remand prisoners are thought to be Republican minded. The ongoing psychological torture of Gary McDaid is intolerable. All right thinking people who hold Human and civil rights to the fore need to oppose the ongoing and accelerated regression of these rights and demand an end to British torture both physical and psychological.

Final act of Barbarity carried out on Harry Fitzsimons by Sectarian Riot team on Harry's release from MagHaberry.

The prison system did not miss the opportunity to inflict a final act of degradation upon Harry Fitzsimons today. As a routine part of his release he was subjected to a forced strip search by his old friends in the Riot team, or whatever acronym it goes by today. Despite him being moved no further than from Roe House to the reception and being in contact with only his captors, they saw fit to humiliate him one last time. Republicans will never accept the British penal system's attempt to degrade and brutalise us.

I.R.P.W.A statement on international prisoners day.

The IRPWA extends solidarity greetings to revolutionary Prisoners of War across the world on this International Prisoners Day.
We extend particular greetings to Irish POW’s incarcerated in gaols here in Ireland and we call for an end to the abuse of prisoners in Maghaberry Gaol with strip searching and controlled movement.
We extend greetings to Marian Price who is now almost two years interned and call for her immediate release given the detriment to her health being held in isolation.
In extending the hand of friendship at an international level we reinforce our position that only an end to the violation of Irish National Sovereignty will allow the Irish people to determine their future free from external interference.