Prisoners in Northern Ireland 'subjected to waterboarding by British army officers'

British Army officers subjected prisoners in Northern Ireland to controversial "waterboarding" interrogation techniques during the 1970s, it has been reported.

Several Republican former prisoners have reportedly said the controversial technique was used as punishment and as well a way of extracting confessions from suspects, it was claimed.

The claims are also backed from the last man to receive a death penalty sentence in Northern Ireland, Liam Holden, who was found guilty of murdering a British soldier during the early years of the Troubles.

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