Ciaran McLaughlin
Maghaberry Prison Upper Ballinderry Road, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, BT 28 2PT, North of Ireland
Birthdate: February 10, 1955
Married with six children
Sentence: 18 Years
From Derry
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While being held on an 18-year sentence at Maghaberry gaol, occupied Ireland, Irish republican political prisoner Ciaran McLaughlin has endured numerous human rights abuses; including several brutal and life-threatening attacks by loyalist death squads who were housed alongside him at the prison, and the continual deprivation of compassionate leave to visit critically ill and dying members of his immediate family. Ciaran was sentenced in a Belfast (juryless) Diplock High Court to eighteen years on November 30, 2001. His conviction was secured on highly dubious evidence. He has already spent over half his life imprisoned on political charges. Ciaran was 46 years old at the time of his 2001 sentencing, and by the time he gets out he will have spent 31 years in prison as an Irish Republican political prisoner. Ciaran was previously released in 1994 after spending 13 years in prison in the H-Blocks with the Provos. He also spent time in Long Kesh when he was 19. Ciaran has remained a staunch defender of a United Ireland free of British military and administrative control. |
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| January 27, 2004 Republican POW Testifies at Bloody Sunday Inquiry Ciaran McLaughlin was called from Maghaberry prison yesterday to the
witness stand at the Bloody Sunday Tribunal. |
| January 4, 2003 Ciaran McLaughlin denied visit to ailing mother Continuing refusals of compassionate parole to Irish Republican Political Prisoner Ciaran McLaughlin, whose mother is now critically ill. |
| November 11, 2003 PRISON REFUSES COMPASSIONATE PAROLE >story November 11, 2003 IFC condolences to Maghaberry POW Ciaran McLaughlin >story |
| July 30, 2003 Republican POW paroled eight hours to visit ill parents >story |
| May 30, 2003 CRISIS AT MAGHABERRY - IFC ACTION REQUEST - Suggested Response >story |
| March 23, 2003 IFC ACTION REQUEST: CRISIS AT MAGHABERRY >story |
| August 24, 2002 Marian Price, Anthony McIntyre on Ciaran McLaughlin and refusal of compassionate parole Two essays on Irish Republican Prisoner of War Ciaran McLaughlin, and the abusive and discriminatory treatment of Republican prisoners at Maghaberry, written by authors Marian Price and Anthony McIntyre. >story |
| August 21, 2002 Marian Price: Protest by Republican Prisoner Ciaran McLaughlin >story |
| August 20, 2002 Brief release for grandson's funeral >story |
| August 17, 2002 Marian Price: Death of Kyle Mc Monagle - Grandson of Ciaran Mc Laughlin. >story August 17, 2002 |
| July 26, 2002 Republican prisoners deny ceasefire claims >story |
| June 11, 2002 Continuing Abuse to Family of Republican POW Ciaran McLaughlin >story |
| May 6, 2002 Statement by Bernie McLaughlin >story |
| April 9, 2002 Derry Journal: " Derry man assaulted in jail by loyalist" >story April 9, 2002 |
| April 4, 2002 POW Ciaran McLaughlin brutally attacked at Maghaberry Statement from Marian Price re. vicious attack on republican prisoner by UDA prisoner >story |
| March 12, 2002 MAGHABERRY PROTEST NEWS >story |
| February 15, 2002 Subject: Maghaberry Brutality to Republican POWs and Visitors Prison riot squad set upon visitors to POW Ciaran McLaughlin >story |
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