medical treatment.
are completely because of them, freezing. will extremely toilet and collect her meal and the she is talking too long, they are just screws.' The inhuman it is Armagh al c day. The the women.
authorised wood thus have us believe.
that protests violation OI own record in Ireland. can ll M this time-consuming method, the majority of the giris meals are, by the time they receive "The attitude of the screws is hostile; they are clad in protective clothing, including masks. Quite frequently when a girl is out to screws think drag her back to her cell making sure they get a constantly subjected physical and verbal abuse from the conditions LIUL product of vindictiveness by the prison wardens, altnough mey are vmaicuve lowards This brutality and sanctioned by the British government in Westminster. The women in 'A' wing, like the men in H Block. are not 'criminals' as the British press and government would They are ordinary people who are fighting for the British army to get out of Ireland and leave the Irish people to live in peace.
The government in Westminster, so loudly about the human rights Afghanistan, has no qualms about its But it seems as if it will not be long before the European Parliament will be brought onto the scene to prick the Britain's conscience a little.
It is shortly to consider a motion George Marchais, member of the French Communist Pegal Committee to: calling 'conduct an rights in the Sin denties into the denial of human Women Against Imperialism in Belfast can take a lot of credit for the success of the international campaign to highlight the conditions in Armagh jail. It was the women in this group that decided to organise a stration on International Women's Day last year to bring attention to the plight of the women prisoners.
Arrested for palls, decided to boycott the proceedings and concentrate energies on exposing British brutality.
On 9 April the day they should have been in court, a public tribuna was held in West Belfast. The pane included Frances De La Tour and Vanessa Redgrave, Noel Mccafferty journalist on the Irish Pauline Roe (a member of the executive National Union Students) and Pat Arrowsmith. The tribunal heard evidence from prisoners, relatives and notes smuggled out of the prison detailing conditions inside.
Pat Arrowsmith told Challenge that the Tribunal succeeded in showing that the conditions of women Armagh are in Long Kesh. a leading The women ding four basic rights 1. The right to clothing. 2. Free association prisoners.
demonScene from committee deteriorating to the state of H Block 3. One food parcel, one letter and s visit each week. in Armagh are demantivities. wear their own other A benefit for women in Armagh jail WOMEN IN ENTERTAINMENT presents a review by women on behalf of women the "Armagh play' on the plight of the prisoners, produced by the Belfast Sinn Fein women's 4. Educational and recreational acThe courts fined the Armagh 11 a total of £290 in their absence. 24 Aprl 1980 P