Prison Fast   Republican Prisoners Action Group (RPAG) • 13 July 2006 On Friday 14th July 2006 Republican POW's both in Maghaberry and Portlaoise will hold a 24hour fast in protest against the regime in Maghaberry and the attempts to criminalise Republican Prisoners by enforcing sub-standard conditions on the segregated landings. Republican POW's in Maghaberry have been engaged in a prison protest since 19th June 2006 and there are now over thirty POW's on the protest. They are fighting to improve conditions for segregated prisoners in Maghaberry who are in effect being punished for exercising their right to segregation from non-political prisoners. They are demanding that their 5 demands be addressed. 1. RIGHT TO FREE ASSOCIATION 2. END TO CONTROLLED MOVEMENT 3. RIGHT TO FULL TIME EDUCATION 4. SEPARATE VISITING FACILITY 5. RIGHT TO ORGANISE OUR OWN LANDINGS POW's in Portlaoise have been acting in solidarity with their comrades in Maghaberry during the prison protest and 19 POW's in Portlaoise will also be fasting on Friday. The Republican Prisoners Action Group (RPAG) have been highlighting the worsening conditions that have existed since the implementation of segregation but our concerns were ignored by the prison service and others. This has led to POW's themselves embarking on a protest as they felt that this was the only avenue left open to them. This issue cannot be ignored any longer, it must be dealt with and these demands must be addressed. Republican Prisoners Need Your Support • 10 July 2006, RSF Glasgow The Francis Hughes Cumann of Republican Sinn Fein (Glasgow) gives its full support to the 38 Republican POWs in Maghaberry Prison who are protesting for better conditions and the restoration of political status. They are demanding: free association, an end to controlled movement, the right of access to full time education, a separate visiting facility and the right to organise their own landings. The POWs have made it clear that they will continue the protest until their just demands are implemented. It is tragic that Republican POWS are forced to take on the British government because political status which was won by Bobby Sands and his nine comrades in the H Blocks of Long Kesh twenty-five years ago, has been removed under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement In Glasgow thousands of people marched recently to commemorate the ten H - Block Martyrs who died in 1981 in opposition to the efforts of the British government to criminalise the Republican prisoners and the freedom struggle. Today the issues are no different and we call upon those same marchers and everyone who believes in justice in Scotland to support the campaign for the restoration of political status. Help to avert another tragedy and stop this latest attempt by the British government to brand "Ireland's fight 800 years of crime". The mainstream media is deliberately ignoring the prison protest. You can help to break the silence by publicising the plight of the prisoners and by attending planned events in support of their just demands. For updated statements from the POWs and the Republican Prisoners Action Group, log on to the website of the Francis Hughes Cumann of Republican Sinn Fein at www.rsfglasgow.com. PRO Francis Hughes Cumann Republican Sinn Fein Glasgow                                                                                   Index: Current Articles + Latest News and Views + Book Reviews + Letters + Archives

There is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it's going to send the listener to the lake of fire upon hearing it. - Frank Zappa Index: Current Articles 19 July 2006 Other Articles From This Issue: Dupe Process Anthony McIntyre Heatwave Won't Affect Cold Storage Dr John Coulter Hanson's Handouts John Kennedy Israeli State Terror Anthony McIntyre Judgement Day John Kennedy Israel, US and the New Orientalism M. Shahid Alam The Right, the Need to Resist Mick Hall An Invitation to My Neighborhood Fred A Wilcox Prison Fast RPAG Death Brings Fr Faul Anthony McIntyre Risking the Death of Volunteers is Not the IRA Way Brendan Hughes Principles and Tactics Liam O Ruairc The Framing of Michael McKevitt: Preliminary Hearings Cont'd. Marcella Sands The Framing of Michael McKevitt: Rupert's Reward Marcella Sands The Framing of Michael McKevitt: Rupert's Inconsistencies Marcella Sands Blast from the Past John Kennedy An Elegant End Seaghán Ó Murchú West Belfast - The Past, the Present and the Future Davy Carlin • 9 July 2006 • Father Faul Saved Many Lives Richard O'Rawe Richard O'Rawe, PSF, and Events in 1981 Gerard Foster Looking Back on 1981 Anthony McIntyre Haughey and the National Question Maria McCann Brits Not to Blame for Haughey David Adams Greenfest John Kennedy Euston Manifesto: Yesterday's News Mick Hall Considering A Multi-Faceted Approach to the Middle East Mehdi Mozaffari Book Better Than Its Title Seaghán Ó Murchú Crowning Mr Unionist Dr John Coulter Extra Time Will Not Be Decisive David Adams 'Pretty Much a Busted Flush' Anthony McIntyre Orangefest John Kennedy Just Books Web-launch Jason Brannigan The Framing of Michael McKevitt: Omagh, David Rupert, MI5 & FBI Collusion Marcella Sands The Framing of Michael McKevitt Marcella Sands The Framing of Michael McKevitt: Preliminary Hearings Marcella Sands Jury Duty Free State Dolours Price Even the Obnoxious Anthony McIntyre

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