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Diplock Courts, i Tribunali della Vergogna -
11-06-2009, 15.31.07
Le Diplock Courts, corti senza giuria e composte da un solo giudice, rappresentano una delle pagine più evidenti e drammatiche al tempo stesso dell'ingiustizia inglese in Irlanda. Istituite nel 1973, grazie all'approvazione dell'EPA, l'Emergency Provision Act, furono (e sono tuttora) un micidiale strumento di repressione nelle mani dell'establishment britannico. Secondo tale legge, infatti, viene accettata la confessione dell'imputato come prova di colpevolezza, anche se estorta tramite violenza fisica o psicologica nell'interrogatorio, oltre alla testimonianza non comprovata di poliziotti o soldati britannici. Questo strumento diabolico rappresentò la naturale conseguenza dell'Internamento senza processo, risalente al 9 Agosto 1971, che può essere ripristinato in qualsiasi momento nelle Sei Contee.
Iil Governo Britannico aveva formalmente assunto l'obbligo di abolire i Tribunali della Vergogna, a causa della pressione esercitata dalle organizzazioni x i diritti umani, e la data fissata era quella del 31 Luglio. Tuttavia, come riporta l'Irish Republican Information Service del Republican Sinn Féin, una delle poche voci libere in un sistema nel quale spadroneggia la distorta propaganda pro-unionista e pro-britannica, il Northern Ireland Office ha confermato, in data 9 Giugno, che questi Tribunali continueranno beatamente ad operare indisturbati x altri due anni.
Non ci possiamo stupire. Siamo di fronte alla solita tattica che il governo britannico ha sempre usato x risolvere le sue magagne nel Nord, e cioè rimandare, rimandare e ancora rimandare. Troppe volte abbiamo visto queste sceneggiate (Bloody Sunday, Robert Hamill, i casi di collusione, etc.).
6. DIPLOCK COURTS TO STAY FOR TWO YEARS
THE British Northern Ireland Office (NIO) confirmed on June 9 that non-jury Diplock courts are to continue for another two years despite plans to scrap them this year.British NIO minister Paul Goggins said that the shootings of RUC/PSNI member Stephen Carroll and British soldiers Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey and the sectarian murder of nationalist father Kevin McDaid showed that it is “necessary” to keep non-jury trials.He said that while the number of non-jury trials or ‘Diplock courts’ had dramatically reduced in recent years, “it is necessary to renew the powers in order to protect jurors from any potential risk posed by paramilitary groups”.
Diplock courts were due to be scrapped by July 31.
Ma l'RSF non è stato l'unico ad occuparsi di questa vergogna: anche Éirígí, per bocca del Segretario Generale Breandán MacCionnaith, ha duramente criticato questo ennesimo "voltafaccia" del governo. Secondo Breandán, tutto ciò è un chiaro esempio delle politiche repressive britanniche.
"éirígí general secretary Breandán Mac Cionnaith has said that the retention of non-jury Diplock courts in the Six Counties is further proof that the British government remains wedded to repressive policies.Paul Goggins, on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office, announced on Monday [June 8] his intention to extend non-jury trials for at least another two years, despite previous claims that the repressive measure was to be scrapped by July 31 this year.Mac Cionnaith said: “We have heard countless claims over the last couple of years that Diplock courts were either on their way out or were, in fact, already a thing of the past.“As éirígí pointed out at the time, these claims were wishful thinking and were made in complete contradiction of the British government’s Justice and Security Act 2007, which laid the foundations for the indefinite retention of Diplock courts in the Six Counties.“The Diplock courts never went away; they remained in operation despite the British government’s claims of a return to normality. Paul Goggins has now confirmed his government’s intention of continuing to lock Irish citizens up without any semblance of a fair trial.”Breandán continued: “The so-called justice system in the Six Counties is a sectarian, anti-republican, anti-working class institution. Its reason for existing remains the smooth operation and protection of the British occupation.“The British government has no interest in reforming this system, bar cosmetic changes.“Republicans, nationalists and all those with an interest in human rights should now recognise that the British government remains wedded to repression in the Six Counties. For evidence, we have to look no further than its criminal system of legalised injustice.”
Un altro caso di giustizia negata nell'angolo più martoriato dell'Europa Occidentale
"The British Occupation is the cause of the underlying conflict in Ireland. Our history demonstrates that until that underlying cause is addressed that conflict will go on indefinitely"
Breandan MacCionnaith
"The irony is that it's Adams, McGuinness et al who are the real Dissident Republicans, because they're the ones who have reached an accommodation with Unionists and the British Government. They're the ones who have abandoned Abstentionism. They're the ones who have legitimised Partition"
Ultima modifica di Gerard Devlin : 11-06-2009 alle ore 16.16.25.
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