Treatment of 'Hooded Men' was torture and criminal investigation is necessary, court rules
The 14 Hooded Men were interned in the North in 1971.
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The 14 Hooded Men were interned in the North in 1971.
“Whilst today is yet another setback, it is by no means the end,” one of the Hooded men said.
Hannaway was one of a number of men interned at a secret base in Derry in 1971.
The 14 Hooded Men were interned in the North in 1971.
The 14 Hooded Men who were interned in the North in 1971 met with Tánaiste Simon Coveney yesterday.
In legal philosophy, there are two main sides to the torture debate, writes Conor Courtney.
A European court ruled that the 14 men “did not occasion suffering of the particular intensity and cruelty implied by the word torture”.
“I’ve never spoke to the European court about how we feel 45 years later,” one of the ‘hooded men’ Francie McGuigan said.
The case involves the alleged torture and ill-treatment of 14 men who were interned in the North in 1971.
The men are taking a case against the United Kingdom.
The State wants a European Court of Human Rights decision overturned.
Amnesty International say the deadline for a case to be taken is approaching.