Seamus Brennan
Question:46 Mr. S. Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 19 people from the Ogoni homeland in Nigeria are being held prisoner by the authorities in contravention of international conventions on human rights and that some of these persons have been subjected to torture according to Amnesty International; and if he will make strong protests to the Nigerian Government as well as through the EU and UN fora demanding these persons' release. [24208/96]