>From MCELROY@zodiac.rutgers.edu Sun May  2 19:49:03 1993

The following was originally posted in the coference soc.culture.ce
and is reproduced here in reg.ireland. thanks to mark holohan and
laura downey for the pointers.

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Topic 94     questions about Northern Ireland   Response  1 of  5 
holohan 
soc.culture.ce     9:55 am  Mar 31, 1993 
(at mark.enet.dec.com) (From News system) 
 
 
 
 
   
  These papers can be ordered from Amnesty International. 
  The address is: 
         Amnesty International USA 
         322 Eighth Ave.  
         New York, N.Y. 10001 
 
 
 
1.  Ill-treatment. 
      United Kingdom - Northern Ireland:  Recent Cases of Alleged  
      Ill-treatment (AI Index: EUR 45/13/88) 
 
      Allegations of Ill-treatment in Northern Ireland (in "Concerns in 
      Western Europe"), June 1988 - February 1989, AI Index: EUR 03/01/89) 
 
 2.  Fair trial 
      United Kingdom - Northern Ireland: Killings by Security Forces and 
      "Supergrass" Trials (AI Index: EUR 45/08/88) 
 
      United Kingdom - Alleged Forced Admissions During Incommunicado 
      Detention (AI Index: EUR 45/01/88) 
 
      United Kingdom - Alleged Forced Admissions During Incommunicado 
      Detention  Update (AI Index: EUR 45/01/89) 
   
      People Convicted for Bombings in Guildford and Woolwich in 1975 
      (in "Concerns in Western Europe", June 1988 - February 1989, 
      AI Index: EUR 03/01/89) 
 
      United Kingdom - Appeal Hearing of Six Men Convicted of Bombings 
      in Birmingham (AI Index: EUR 45/14/88) 
 
      United Kingdom - Update on the Case of the Six Men Convicted of 
      Bombings in Birmingham (AI Index: EUR 45/01/90) 
 
  3. Arrests and detentions on national security grounds 
      United Kingdom - Amnesty International Challenges National 
      Security Detention Procedures, Investigates Possible Prisoners 
      of Conscience (AI Index: EUR 45/02/91) 
 
  4. Killings 
      United Kingdom - Northern Ireland: Killings by Security Forces and 
      "Supergrass" Trials (AI Index: EUR 45/08/88) 
 
      United Kingdom - Killings by Security Forces in Northern Ireland: 
      Update (AI Index: EUR 45/02/90) 
 
      United Kingdom - Investigating Lethal Shootings:  The Gibralter 
      Inquest (AI Index: EUR 45/02/89) 

 
  5. Asylum seekers 
      United Kingdom - Deficient Policy and Practice for the Protection 
      of Asylum Seekers (AI Index: AIBS/RO/1/90) 
 
 
 
  I can also suggest the recent reports from Helsinki Watch on the British 
  government's violations of human rights. 
 

 
  Mark Holohan, DEC, USA        "Character is what you are in the dark" - BB 
  holohan@mark.enet.dec.com 

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I have a few suggestions: 
 
  1)  I Am of Ireland: Women of the North Speak Out by Elizabeth Shannon 
        This book attempted to give all viewpoints 
 
  2)  Peggy Deery: An Irish Family at War (can't remember the author) 
        This book is more from the Catholic viewpoint 
 
I have suggested these books instead of the standard historical/political 
texts (which are important in their way) because I also believe it is 
important to put these problems into laypersons' terms and context.  Often 
we get caught up in the macro debate and somehow forget the specific 
examples/conditions/situations that make up the subject that is so widely 
debated. 
 
 
Laura Downey 
downey@enh.nist.gov