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Bookmaker murder gun on display in [British] museum

Posted By: May 29, 2015

Bimpe Archer . Irish News ( Belfast). May 29, 2015A MISSING assault rifle used in the Sean Graham bookmakers atrocity was found on display in London’s Imperial War Museum, it has emerged. The weapon was one of the guns used in the 1992 attack by a UDA murder squad that killed five people and injured several others […]

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Amnesty demands action over BBC findings on Northern Ireland killings

Posted By: May 29, 2015

“ The U.S. Congress should join Amnesty International in demanding action— so should President Obama. The United States must not be silent about this  BBC exposure of 40 years of British Government  state terrorism in Ireland— one of the longest terrorist campaigns in history.”— Fr. Sean Mc Manus Amnesty demands action over BBC findings on Northern […]

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Impasse at Stormont

Posted By: May 29, 2015

Irish times Editorial. Friday,  29 29, 2015Following the election of the majority Tory government and the queen’s speech this week,  it appears clear that Scotland is set to receive new devolved powers, albeit not as many as it would like, and that England and Wales too will see their MPs’ roles enhanced in dealing with their affairs.  […]

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PSNI boss questions claims on scale of Troubles collusion killings

Posted By: May 29, 2015

  BBC NI   May  28, 2015   PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton said he believed hundreds if not thousands of lives were saved through the work of informants during the Troubles in Northern Ireland   Northern Ireland’s top police officer has questioned a claim that there were “hundreds and hundreds” of deaths as a result […]

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David Cameron’s rights Bill is a fallacy Patrick Corrigan of Amnesty International Patrick Corrigan of Amnesty International BY PATRICK CORRIGAN – BELFAST TELEGRAPH MAY 28, 2015 David Cameron’s new Government is planning the biggest rollback in rights in British history. It has pledged to repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a lesser British Bill of Rights, while also reducing the UK’s adherence to the European Convention of Human Rights. The downgrading of human rights protections across the UK is bad news for ordinary people throughout the country and sends out a worrying message internationally. But for Northern Ireland, where our 1998 peace agreement and the political and policing structures which flow from it are built on a foundation of human rights, the plan is downright reckless. Given the history of political discrimination and mistrust in policing in Northern Ireland, binding human rights obligations have been crucial in building and bolstering public confidence in these key structures post-Troubles. The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement obliged the UK to incorporate the European Convention of Human Rights into law in Northern Ireland – subsequently done through the Human Rights Act. The Assembly can only make laws which are compatible with the Human Rights Act, a key safeguard in the region. Our post-Troubles policing arrangements are also heavily reliant on the human rights laws. Trust in the reformed policing structures is seen as one of the key success stories of the peace process. But the Government’s proposals – expected in the Queen’s Speech next week – could undermine that hard-won progress. The Irish Government, a co-signatory to the agreement, has already expressed its concern. Elsewhere, the European Convention on Human Rights also has a central role in devolution arrangements for Scotland and Wales. The devolution settlements can only be picked apart by Westminster with the agreement of, or by riding roughshod over, the legislatures in the three devolved countries. Given how much more is at stake here, is it too much to ask for the Northern Ireland Assembly to unite in refusing to roll over while our rights are removed? Patrick Corrigan is Northern Ireland programme director of Amnesty International

Posted By: May 28, 2015

  Patrick Corrigan of Amnesty InternationalBY PATRICK CORRIGAN – BELFAST TELEGRAPH  MAY 28, 2015David Cameron’s new Government is planning the biggest rollback in rights in British history. It has pledged to repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a lesser British Bill of Rights, while also reducing the UK’s adherence to the European Convention of […]

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