Author
Amanda Bellerby
In this segment, Bobby Lavery and Terry Kirby discuss racism, sectarian violence, the use of torture in the prisons of occupied territories from the North of Ireland to Abu Ghraib; they also compare the military occupations of Ireland and Palestine.mp3, 15:19 mins
Terry Kirby was one of the Blanketmen of Long Kesh prison's infamous H-Blocks (Belfast). He was friend and comrade to many of the men who died on hunger strike in Long Kesh, 1981, including elected MP Bobby Sands . He was also one of 38 who escaped Long Kesh in the largest prison break in British penal history.
Bobby Lavery was Sinn Fein's elected representative for North Belfast for more than a decade and lost his young son and brother to Loyalist deathsquads.
Music break: "Time to Go" by Black 47
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