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been further curtailed. The movements and comments of bounds for 'security reasons, of prisoners are constantly logged.

by malicious prison staff as a Prison amount to an internationconstant invasion of privacy, the al outrage.

Join the Labour Committee on Ireland. Sunday newspaper, the Sunday World, whose main advertising slogan is: 'Are you getting it every Sunday?"

This paper pretends to expose injustices against women, but instead exploits women. Sensationalist stories of child pornography are juxtaposed with photographs of women in suggestive poses -both for cheap titillation.

An outraged National Busworkers Union have made a stand against the Sunday World, refusing to handle any papers from the Independent group following a particularly objectionable story which denigrated women busworkers.

Women in the home, supposedly revered, protected and supported by the Free State Constitution, are in fact the most discriminated against of all. The 'family unit' upheld as the holy of holies by church and state, is in fact largely unprotected by law and THE Provisional Sinn Fein paper An Phoblacht made this appeal for solidarity:

If International Women's Day means anything in Ireland, it must mean the highlighting of the obscene treatment of the republican women prisoners in Armagh Jail at the hands of the British administration.

The barbaric strip-searching of women prisoners - introduced in November 1982 - is still being systematically enforced in Armagh.

A staggering total of 1,216 such strip-searches were carried out during 1983. One woman was strip-searched 84 times in that period.

Not satisfied with this particular perverse persecution, the prison administration in recent weeks has continued to use every possible new petty harassment to inflict further suffering and attempt to break the spirit of the prisoners.

Cell switches and searches have been stepped up, the limited choice of recreational and handicraft facilities have oounos ior secury reasons (...)

Spot-checks on cells are used BM Box 5355, London WCIN 3XX The conditions in Armagh

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Black people have fought back increasingly against racism. But deportations under the immigration laws become more and more numerous - like the case of Rashida Abedi (below). RICK MATTHEWS (IFL)

Rashida Abedi is a totally dęaf woman, living in South Norwood with her brother, sister and other relatives. She is learning English, lip-reading and typing and is determined to become more independent.

Now the Home Office lis threatening to deport her to Pakistan, where there is no-one kin. abou d'vi to support her.

Rashida came to Britain in 1981 from Quetta in Pakistan to cure her deafness, which was câused by meningitis ten years ago. Unfortunately the treatment was unsuccessful.

In Quetta there are no facilities for the deaf. Her mother is elderly. No-one else is available to look after Rashida. She is now living in South Norwood with her elder brother, and sister and their family.

Her brother has supported her financially since her father's death. They all want Rashida to stay.

The Home Office say that sisters are not really part of the family, and cannot 'dependents'.

This is how you can help.

*Write to the Home Secretary, 50 Queen Anne's Gate, London SWi. (Quote Ref. no. 246501).

*Write to your MP, House of Commons, London SW1.

*Take leaflets and a petition.

*Invite speak at your *Ask your union, or Labour Party, etc., to send a resolution to the Home Secretary. Send us a copy.

Contact: Friends of Rashida Abedi c/o 45 Wellesley Road, Croydon. Phone Liz at 686 8014.

Revelations about fascist Tory party took a new ti ing members of the far and giving extreme raci reason.

A reader from North 1 article about the last timi "Surely there cannot be any between the Blackshirts and thei make no mistake about that pa Fascists), is largely derived from relationship can be made closer a (Sir Thomas Moore, Tory M Oswald Mosley and the BUF. Dai THESE sentiments explained the close relationship between the British Establishment and the rising fascist dictatorships in the years immediately preceding the Second World War.

Sir Thomas Moore was a founder member of the AngloGerman Fellowship, the most influential of the pro-fascist groups.

Other founder members founder included:

Clement Davies, National Liberal MP for Mo ntgomery, whe was also a d irecior of Lever Bros. and Unilever Ltd.

Sir Robert Gower, Tory MP for Gillingham and President of the Property Owners: Protection Association which represented investments: