| Irish Freedom Committee Action Requests Thursday April 20, 2006 Maghaberry Update – Hunger and Thirst strike averted The Irish Freedom Committee has just learned that swift action on the part of Belfast prisoner's welfare activists has ended a potentially deadly hunger and thirst strike by an Irish Republican political prisoner at Maghaberry jail. Terry McCafferty began refusing food and water on Easter Sunday after Republican prisoners were refused their family visits for not removing their Easter lilies. The lilies are worn worldwide on Easter week in honor of Ireland's dead. Terry was singled out for harsh punishment for refusing to remove his Easter lily when ordered to by screws, and was sent to solitary confinement where he refused food and water from Sunday until today. Terry has had his demand met to be released from punishment, and has now been returned to his cell where he awaits a Judicial Review of this incident. Please send cards and letters to Terry McCafferty and other Irish Republican Political Prisoners!! Your mail goes a long way in boosting moral support. Terry McCafferty Maghaberry Jail, Roe 3+4 Upper Ballinderry Road Lisburn, CO. Antrim North of Ireland BT 28 2PT For more information please see The Irish Freedom Committee website at http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net SUUPORT THE FAMILIES OF IRISH POLITICAL PRISONERS. Join the Irish Freedom Committee! |