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UN report highlights British collusion in secret detention and torture
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 [...]
Posted: January 27th, 2010 under American politics, British government, Derry, Irish peace process, MI5, RUC, Reprieve, Special Branch, Uncategorized, United Nations, accountability, belfast, collusion, culture of impunity, human rights, impunity, ireland, justice, loyalist paramilitaries, margaret thatcher, middle east, sectarianism, shoot to kill policy, torture, truth, truth and reconciliation, truth commission, truth recovery process, war.
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Justice and truth are key to resolution of the past
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 [...]
Posted: January 18th, 2008 under British government, Irish peace process, Jim Gibney, Pat Finucane Centre, RUC, collusion, cross-community, human rights, ireland, margaret thatcher, pat finucane, relatives for justice, truth, truth and reconciliation, truth commission, war.
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Justice for the families of collusion victims
(At long last, I am finally writing this blog post.) Last month I had the opportunity to spend a week in DC with the Relatives for Justice collusion delegation, and what a week it was. Read about the trip’s details in their own words on their blog, Relatives for Justice Collusion Delegation in [...]
Posted: April 11th, 2007 under Irish peace process, Sinn Féin, collusion, margaret thatcher, pat finucane, policing, relatives for justice.
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“…new United States special envoy to Northern Ireland … would have been approved of by Margaret Thatcher…”
This article by Susan McKay in today’s Irish News was sent out by the Pat Finucane Centre who responded by saying “so let’s treat her with the same contempt.” Paula Dobriansky is the new US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, replacing Mitchell Reiss. In the following article, McKay discusses the neo-conservative, anti-feminist [...]
Posted: March 7th, 2007 under margaret thatcher, paula dobriansky.
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