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A message from the Bloody Sunday Families and wounded:
To our supporters everywhere
On 30th January 1972, a dark cloud descended upon this beautiful city. It stayed until last Tuesday, 15th June 2010 – over 38 years of a journey. It has now been lifted.
It has been a long journey from the beginning of the Bloody Sunday [...]

I came across a reference to the following prose poem in a book I read about lessons from the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It is called “Unchopping a Tree” and was written by M.S. Merwin; the book described it as a metaphor for the healing of a nation. I like to think [...]

The (fantastic) organization Reprieve today announced the release of a UN report (click that link to download the full report) into secret detention that exposes UK collusion in secret detention and torture. The investigation found, among other things, that the UK knew of the US’ rendition practices in 2002 but continued to hand them [...]

January 28th is the date set for the Eames/Bradley Consultative Group on the Past to release their highly anticipated recommendations on how best the north of Ireland might deal with the legacy of the conflict.  In today’s Belfast Telegraph, Brian Rowan shares the news that the CGP will be announcing a “Legacy Commission”–titled as such [...]

Here’s an article from last week’s Irish Voice (15 October) by Cahir O’Doherty.  The quotes from me are a combination of a phone interview and a press release.  You can really tell which ones are more put together–but I really think there were some phrases that were struck from some of the comments that I [...]

From yesterday’s Belfast Telegraph, an article by Chris Thornton:

Heavyweight London lawyers recently signed up by the family of Pat Finucane have vowed to hold the Government to account by the 20th anniversary of the solicitor’s murder.
The Finucane family announced yesterday that international legal experts [...]

An article by Barry McCaffery from the 12 February Irish News:
Leading English barrister Michael Mansfield QC is to represent the family of Pat Finucane at any new public inquiry into the solicitor’s murder.
Mr Mansfield, who has previously worked on high-profile cases including the Guildford Four, Birmingham Six and Stephen Lawrence inquiry, is representing Mohamed Al-Fayed [...]

I wish I had more time these days to write about my thoughts on the discussions taking place in Ireland regarding the development of a truth commission; alas, I seem to have turned into a working machine.  For now, I am re-posting a recent article by Jim Gibney from the Irish News because I like [...]