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23rd June

Jude traveled to Belfast and photographed The Hooded Men

Northern Ireland, 1971. Fourteen IRA suspects are starved, hooded and beaten. The British Army says it was ‘deep interrogation’; the men claim the methods used were ‘torture’. Now, four decades on, secret documents have been discovered – and Amal Clooney is fighting their case.

We followed journalist Martin Fletcher to Northern Ireland and met Paddy Joe McClean, Francie McGuigan, Kevin Hannaway and Joe Clark and heard some of their incredible stories.