It is against all this and more that socialist feminists stand. There won; 't be freedom in britain until Ireland is free • By Simon Deville In August 1991, seven Iyouths from the Greater Ballymurphy area of West Belfast, all aged between 16 and 21 were arrested in connection to a "coffee jar" bomb attack on an army patrol in the Upper Springfield area of West Belfast. Immediately after the arrest, the Voice Of The Innocent campaign was established by friends NX1 1I70 rests the RUC. didn't bother searching for either witnesses or forensic evidence, as VOTI explains, "their sole intention was to provide a scapegoat for the attack".
The Special Powers Act has allowed the RUC and the British government to get away with hundreds of miscarriages of justice, with only a few gaining media attention. The Ballymurphy seven has marked a new strategy for British repression of Catholics and nationalists in that it specifically targets youth.
It is important that as many people as possible raise their Conces about the case by writing to their local councillors or MPs, John Major, Patrick Mayhew (the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland) or Mr Hugh Annesley, Chief Constable of the RUC at RUC HQ, Brooklyn Knock Road, Belfast.