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by Seán Ó Murchú
British cabinet minister appoints secret commission with power to revoke parole of political prisoners just for being accused

After 40 years, internment without charge or trial has returned to the occupied North of Ireland.

In August 1971, the British army picked up and imprisoned 342 men who were believed, often erroneously, to be key members of the Irish Republican Army. They were never charged with any crime, but a committee that met in secret and gave no reason for its decisions could only release them.