demo PLANS have been announced for a major demonstration in London on AURUS 10 mark the aniversary of the sending of British troops onto the streets of the North of organisers of the demonsration have already assembled an impressive list of sponsors. include five MPs: Cyril Smith, Joan Maynard, Stan Torne.
The National League of Young Liberals, the Campaign for Democracy in Lister, and the Belfast-based Association for Legal Justice The theme of the demonstration is commit itself to policy trom backing the protest but is organising a parate "troops out now contingent.
demonstration ential to be the largest so fir on the ish issue. Support for it should be ied now in labour, student and men's movement bodies.
Further detais from: Steven Dawe, Officer, National Liberal Whitehall Place, London Hy Geoff Bell PETER GRIMES left the British Army In 1969. tenth He bought himself out for 1250. He dida't upprove of what the Army was up to in the North of Those who do approve have never forgiven Peter for his opposition. On Tuesday 22 May he These latest terror Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Ernie It was the fourth time Peter has been arrested.
This time his fatmate, Borothy Mercedy, was what happened: "They came of six in the morning. Tweive of them with two labrador dogs. They suid they had a warrunt for Dorothy's arrest. When I tried to phone a solicitor they said they were arresting me as well, under the PTA.* Others held The Grimes and Mercedy were arrested three weeks after Grimes alone had been pulled in, and three days after Margaret Crowley was arrested. And the while Peter was being arrested yer again, Iris Lyle was being taken from her flat in North London, although the police sugeested they were reallly looking for her flatmate.
When her flatimate's solicitor later contacted the police, however, they said she wasn't required for Iris was held for six hours, Margaret Crowley Tor about 100 hours, and Grimes and Mereedy for IRSP are target swoop in London ander the 36 hoers. Jimmy Scanlon, who was also a victim of the dawn swoop on 22 May, was still being held as Socialist Challenge went to press.
Grimes too might still have been in custody had it not been for a dramatic court bid to free him ou 23 May. For after a day of releatless 'interrogation', Peter says he was "very weak'. Habeas Corpus Finally his solicitor was allowed to see him. She Immediately contacted a doctor, who confirated that Peter was in no fit state to answer further questicins. STUTENEN opportunity to apply for a writ of habeas corpus demanding Peter's release. One hour helore the case was heard, Peter and Dorothy were relensed.
The urrests were supposed to be in connection with the assassination of Airey Neave. This has been claimed by the Irish National Liberation Army, the military wing of the Irish Republican Socialist Party.
Grimes used to be un organiser of the IRSP, but he is no longer a member of the organisation. Iris Lyle has no connection with the IRSP. All others arrested are members.
From Peter's account the police were most interested in members of the IRSP in Dublin. They abso wanted to know 'who in the IRSP was gay und who was sleeping with whem'.
In this context the alm of the arrests is clear:
enerally to harass and intimidate members of t KSP. an open and legal organisation; and t ollect what 'counter-Insurgency' expert Brigadie Litson has called "low intelligence information' provided the PETER GREMES During both Interrogations be LE DELLERI the myself", is bow Peter describes it.
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periods of Peler's recent threatened -and offered bribes. "They tried to zel me to impiicate others, and to implicate The ITA sus ased with great regularity under the Labour government. The sigas are that trish setivists in Britain are in for an even tougher time