fighting. AILEAN O'CALLAGHAN reports.
Among those who have been subiected to raids and constant alice surveillnnce is the Studen Movenent Campaigo's nationa secrelary, Pamela Holmes.
Dut the full terror of the PTA has bech reserved for a local Irish activist and Mineworkers* Union member ken Driver He was picked on 25 August and is for another six months, For a fortnight he was not allowed to see anyone but his Special BaBCE IE0 OE.
DEFENCE The night Ken was arrested, broken into by plain clothed and uniformied police at dam. Docucis ano anae papcis eas taken without a receipt, and the cops told ber that Driver hac cen picked up Pamela and the local studen supporters immed responsouity organising Ken's defence. Ring ing up the police station to check on ts совею, a suppons was told: "We bave ways of dealing with people like you What has emerged since that ominous beginning is that police harassment has been extended to everyone inveved and KnOwn IO ascociate with the local càmpaign. Special Branch is known IO AUYC. photorraphed. Ionic carrying on such subversive actAt ils founding conference last November, one of the positions which the Student Movement Campaign on Ireland adopted was for the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act and the ending of police harassment of both the Irish community and of Irish solidarity activists. In the past few weeks some of the Campaign's supporters have gained unwelcome direct experience of what they are ivities as shopping at the local co-op, and private mail has been constciu olcicepica or samp ered with aroand by plain clothe cops, whe have not bathered unduly to hid what they are doine. That one ol the police officers involved has for Just finished a three year course at Kent University is a "tribute' to the efficiency of the survesllance operation and the excellent record of Irish solidarity activists at the university.
Reports of similar harassment have been recelved from Dunde IN SCORUH BETC Dusdee police raided the homes of twa local socialisis, claiming they were investigating a break-lr : a chemist shop. In hoth cases they departed when thes found RSS CARE E BELDL OI Treland scheduled for that evenIng. Nothing eise was laken, nothing af any break-in. One of hose raided was a forner sol Sier, discharged after boing di ciplined for tefusing to obey orders. POLITICAL PRISONERS R IRISH POLITICAL PRISONERS, IRISH IRISH CLILAL PROE IF gr AUTONON EY IRISH RESTORE Banali 15 Defor MERSCT-IDE VAIRS RELOR SU, porters meeting on "The question of The Triten, Paradise Si., Lharpoel BETTER, tor gypay chid bil. 0,000 setn il, S11 CRITIQUE Conterence: Thr чипиянсу з ло маяяапився
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