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Folla al funerale di Gerry McKerr, uno degli Hooded Men

Hundreds attend funeral of ‘Hooded Man’ McKerr

Funerale di Gerry McKerr | © Kevin Scott - Presseye
HUNDREDS of mourners have attended the funeral of Gerry McKerr, one of the so-called ‘Hooded Men’ who claim they were tortured and held without trial in 1971.

Mr McKerr was buried on Saturday following Requiem Mass as St Paul’s Church, Lurgan, Co Armagh.

The 71-year-old campaigner died last Tuesday after spending his final years life battling for justice over treatment he said he was subjected to, along with 13 other men suspected of IRA involvement.

He spent a year in Long Kesh – later to become the Maze Prison – in 1971 when he became ill with cancer but was, according to reports, treated with antibiotics.

Yesterday’s funeral cortege made its way from Ashdene Park, Taghnevan, in the town to St Paul’s Church for a service which was attended by other members of the group who have vowed to continue their campaign for a full investigation.

The men claim they were hooded, forced to listen to constant loud static noise, deprived of sleep, food and water and forced to stand in a stress position and beaten if they fell.

They were among 342 people rounded up by the RUC and the British army following the introduction of internment in 1971.

Their case is currently back before the European Court of Human Rights following a move by the Irish government last December which is backing the call for a full investigation.

Watch: RTÉ Investigations Unit: “The Torture Files”

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René Querin

Di professione grafico e web designer, sono appassionato di trekking e innamorato dell'Irlanda e della sua storia. Insieme ad Andrea Varacalli ho creato e gestisco Les Enfants Terribles.

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