no surprise.
For over a year, protests bout what is taking place i astlereagh have been a almost daily occurrence.
Among those who have DECEIT ¡ation methods Northern Ireland Civil Right Association, the Association paramilitary Ulster Defence and even the Police Surgeons Association and a group of lawyers who work in Northern Ireland's special "Diplock" Courts.
METHODS A doctor who has treated the victims Castlercagh, Dr Seamus McSOONER OR LATER it was inevitable that someone would be found dead in a cell at Castlereagh Interrogation centre, reports TOM MARLOWE.
In this sense the discovery of the hanged body of trade union official Brian Maguire last week comes us Aleer. tisturbed by what be saw thi he a public outlining the methods used by the interrogators: They try to unnerve their prisoners with the foul language, PRETEND 'They make an arrested person pretend that he is sitting on a non-existent chair with his hands out. Should he fall be is balled back into position by his "They make him do press ups until he collapses, then the they spread his feet outin of his toes, hands out resting his BARRACKS fingertips and leaning against the wall with his head back. Should his head come forward, it is yanked back by a fistful of hair or a karate chop or a kick on a bare ankle.
DOCUMENTED letter "They make him run on the spot" and if he does not lift his knees high enough they will thuno him in the siomgon "They will shake him by the Dr MeAteer hat LO solen uD ls Drain They Will threaten to shoot A lawycr and member of the SDLP Paddy commented:
"There are a number of well documented cases of persons being brought stations for interrogation in Omagh, Cookstown Castlereagh again.
• several of th indeed, persons ill-treated have keen brought to the bospital by the police themselves "There are detalled medical reports from eminent Duffy, has inflicted:
about such into police interropators. and are becessary In hospital TeTONSE such these methods are used.
law department University Belfast sultants giving details of the injuries which they found and there are photographs showing the actual results of the jury gained What is most important methods of interrogation is tbat is is not simply a case of a few sadistic of Such methods statements because in the vast majority of cases the only way the police can hope to gain ough confessions. And it is to confessions that Maguire 10 One recent estimate by the of Queens estimated Socialist Challenge visits parliament that nearly 90 per cent of the convictions oblained in USe Don-jury courts for "berrorist". that is poltical offences, are throuch confessions.
INADMISSABLE On three occasions in the last month, judges in the North have declared inadmissable because of police methods used during interrogation.
In this respect, the decision of the RUC to release part of an allened contession be Hrian in murder has been described by SDLP spokespersen on law and order, Michael Canavan, said as "simply outrageous"
Protests at Maquire's death blocked off main road in Belfast for a number of days, and in Britain the Maguire case 1s the tone of cyndence which the International Tribunal on Britain's Presence in Ireland is expected to hear later this year.
As for the RUC who rule over Castlerengh, let it just be noied that in May 1976 the Police Federation in Northern placed OLDI demand the Government for the hanging of Terrorists When the demand rejected the Federation's chairperson, Donald Milliken, 'OuT will continue