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POWs attacked for wearing Easter Lillies on Hunger Strike
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Tuesday March 25, 2008 18:29 by Cael - Sinn Féin Poblachtach
Republican POWs in Maghaberry wore Easter Lilies in honour of Ireland's Patriot Dead. In response to this action, they were charged under prison rules and have been placed in solitary confinement for 48-hours. During their time on the boards the PoWs are refusing food. REPUBLICAN PRISONERS IN MAGHABERRY ON 48-HOUR HUNGER STRIKE |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2It is reported that all the protesting POWs are in great spirits and are determined not to be broken by such petty and spiteful vendictiveness.
Five Republican prisoners have been moved to the punishment block in Maghaberry jail after a court upheld a ban on the wearing of Easter lilies.
They are among 17 POWs charged under prison rules with wearing the Easter Lily outside their cells.
Last week POW Christopher Donaldson, lost a High Court challenge against the ban when In-justice Weatherup upheld a previous judgment.
In 2006 Real IRA POW Terence McCafferty also lost a High Court challenge.
Following the latest ruling five prisoners yesterday faced a prison adjudication process, with four ordered to spend three days in solitary confinement.
Another man, east Belfast republican Anton Craig, who is awaiting trial on charges relating to an incendiary attack in Belfast’s Boucher Road in 2006, was ordered to spend 14 days in solitary confinement. Prison sources say he was punished the additional 11 days after he smashed furniture when staff challenged him for wearing the lily, a symbol of the 1916 Easter Rising.
West Belfast man Thomas Tolan (37), serving a six-and-a-half-year jail term for the kidnap of Bobby Tohill, is also among the men charged with “failing to obey a direct order”.
Meanwhile Loyalist screws and prisoners may wear the poppy as much as they like.