The following letter by dissident republican Aiden Hulme is being circulated by the October Fifth Association, a network of civil rights veterans and supporters, as well as other groups, at home and abroad.

The Civil Rights vets can be contacted via oct5th_vets68@hotmail.com, or via +44-028-71-286359 should further information be required, to publicise this case and seek an early humanitarian remedy.

The group is asking that an independent doctor/and or specialist should visit this prisoner, as a matter of urgency and that this information is used so that Aiden Hulme’s plight can be highlighted as effectively as possible.