Originally published: 1974. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Preface to 1st edition -- Foreword to the 2nd edition -- Introduction: British torture in Ireland, 1971. Statements of the hooded men: taken from Magilligan: Patrick Shivers -- Patrick Joseph McClean -- Michael Joseph Donnelly -- Michael Montgomery. Statements of the hooded men: taken from Girdwood Barracks: Francis McGuigan -- Kevin Hannaway, James Auld, Joseph Clarke. Statements of the hooded men: taken from Ballykinler Camp: Patrick McNally -- Brian Turley, Gerrard McKerr, Sean McKenna. Statements of the hooded men: Liam Rogers and Anthony Shannon. Violation of international law. The responsibility of the medical profession in connection with torture : Lasting injury to hooding victims (Professor Robert Daly) -- Psychological effects of the torture -- Recommendations of the Conference for the Abolition of Torture, Paris, 1973. The release of Patrick McNally. The High Court settlement. The Compton Report : Internees on brutality -- Extracts from the House of Commons Debate, 17 November 1971 -- A review of the Compton and Parker Reports. George Mangakis, Greece, on torture. Recommendations: Amnesty International Conference, Paris, 1973. Stavanger farce. Postscript. Publications of Denis Faul and Raymond Murray.
Summary:
A look at the Irish Rebels who were subjected to torture. It is particularly concerned about those subjected to sensory deprivation techniques and who became known as the Hooded Men. This new edition contains the original statements of `the Hooded Men' taken down by Raymond Murray, shortly after the men underwent the brutal interrogation methods.
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