Muslim inmate claims breach of rights in Cork Prison

A devout Muslim awaiting trial on charges of making a menacing phone call has claimed before the High Court that conditions in Cork Prison are in breach of his rights to practise his religion.

Ali Charaf Damache (aged 45), an Algerian with an address at John Colwyn House, High Street, Waterford, who has been remanded in Cork Prison, secured the permission of the High Court to bring a legal challenge aimed at securing a transfer to another prison.