Britain's guilt unquestionable
With reports of Strasbourg's European Court of Human
Rights absolving Britain of the use of torture on Irish
political prisoners, many here in Derry feel the same
sickening disgust and betrayal of justice felt on the
publication of Britain's infamous Widgery Report about
Bloody Sunday, according to a statement from Comhairle
Cheantair Doire.
Those of us in the Six Counties who have experienced
Britain's inhuman and degrading treatment at first
hand, or whose relatives and friends suffered it, know
beyond any doubt - just as we know from our first-hand
experiences on Bloody Sunday - that Britain's guilt is
unquestionable.
Even Amnesty International, by no means a radical
organisation, found Strasbourg's verdict ``completely
ridiculous''. Mr Simpson of Amnesty International on the
`Tonight' TV programme accused Western society of
degenerating, just like South Africa.
Amnesty International also believes the matter should
be pursued at UN level for a possible conviction
according to the Human Rights charter of the United
Nations.
Britain made much of the contrast between some totally
physical torture and what they did in Ireland. To those
whose only contact with torture is through TV films or
books about the Nazis, physical torture may seem more
``real'' and important than mental torture.
Phoblacht, 1 February 1978.
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