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‘We’re being hunted like dogs while Provos get their letters of comfort’

Posted By: March 04, 2015

A legal tug-of-war over taped conversations with a former Red Hand Commando leader and an impending UVF ‘supergrass’ trial are stoking anger among hardline loyalists, writes Brian RowanBrian Rowan. Belfast Telegraph.Tuesday  MARCH 3,  2015On October 13, 1994, William ‘Plum’ Smith sat at the loyalist top table as the Combined Loyalist Military Command (CLMC) declared its ceasefire. It […]

Senior loyalists: We couldn’t have sold ’94 ceasefire if we knew what we know now

Posted By: March 04, 2015

BY BRIAN ROWAN. Belfast Telegraph. MARCH 3, 2015 Senior loyalists have revealed that they would not have been able to deliver a ceasefire in 1994 had they known conflict-related investigations would still be continuing today. Key figures from that period have been speaking to the Belfast Telegraph as police continue their efforts to get access […]

A MAN OF PRINCIPLE AND RESOLUTION

Posted By: February 22, 2015

How Britain’s treatment of ‘The Hooded Men’ during the Troubles became the benchmark for US ‘torture’ in the Middle East

Posted By: February 22, 2015

Under Operation Demetrius the ‘Hooded Men’ (pictured above) were subjected to prolonged stress positions, white noise and deprivation of food and drinkPAUL GALLAGHER. Irish Times.  Friday 20 February 2015 When Amal Clooney flies into Belfast shortly to meet a group of former Irish prisoners known as ‘The Hooded Men’ it will be the latest chapter of an extraordinary story […]

Interrogations of hooded men were ‘taped’

Posted By: February 21, 2015

Attorney General asked to follow-up on new documents showing British army retained more than 400 hours of interrogation recordings Irish Times. Friday, February 20, 2015New documents have been uncovered that confirm interrogations of detainees who became known as the “hooded men” were taped, according to the Pat Finucane Centre (PFC) in Derry. The human rights organisation said last night it […]