Archive for 'shoot to kill policy'
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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at the edge of my seat
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 [...]
Posted: January 14th, 2009 under British government, Consultative Group on the Past, Danny Morrison, Irish peace process, Legacy Commission, MI5, RUC, Special Branch, belfast, collusion, human rights, ireland, justice, loyalist paramilitaries, pat finucane, relatives for justice, shoot to kill policy, truth, truth and reconciliation, truth commission, truth recovery process, war, wrongful convictions.
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Scahill on Blackwater at UM
Went to hear Jeremy Scahill speak at UM the day before Halloween. I thought this would be a suitable post for the holiday, seeing as how *actually* terrifying the subject is, but I am only getting around to it now. I have yet to read his book, Blackwater: The Rise of America’s Most Powerful Mercenary [...]
Posted: November 2nd, 2008 under American politics, Barack Obama, British army, Iraq, Irish America, Pat Finucane Centre, Peter McBride, aegis defence services, afghanistan, belfast, human rights, ireland, middle east, presidential elections, private military contractors, shoot to kill policy, tim spicer.
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“blinded by science”: human rights vs. technology
Just read an article in Max’s New Scientist (September 20-26, 2008) that he brought my attention to due to its mention of the Patten Commission and policing in the north of Ireland. The article is called “Shoot but not to kill” and is by psychology and human behaviour journalist Michael Bond.
Bond’s article is a brief [...]
Posted: October 27th, 2008 under Hugh Orde, Patten Commission, Police Service of Northern Ireland, RUC, belfast, human rights, ireland, max, plastic bullets, police brutality, policing, relatives for justice, shoot to kill policy, tasers, truth.
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On the PSNI and the Boston police
Earlier this week, I sent a letter to Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis to express my dismay upon hearing that his office sought advice from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) regarding crowd control. This August 28 article in the Boston Globe states that the PSNI, well-versed in the art of crowd control from [...]
Posted: September 5th, 2008 under Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, David Woodman, Hugh Orde, IAUC, Irish America, Irish peace process, Patten Commission, Police Service of Northern Ireland, RUC, belfast, collusion, human rights, ireland, police brutality, policing, relatives for justice, shoot to kill policy, truth.
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Action Alert: Cancel the Aegis Contract! Lobby Obama
The following action alert was issued by the Pat Finucane Centre in remembrance of the anniversary of Peter McBride’s murder:
Peter Mc Bride Anniversary Action Alert-Lobby Barack Obama
Last year a supporter of the PFC in the US contacted Senator Barack Obama regarding the controversial Pentagon contract with LT Col Spicer, the former Scots Guards officer whose [...]
Posted: September 4th, 2008 under American politics, Barack Obama, British army, British government, Derry, Iraq, Irish America, Irish peace process, Pat Finucane Centre, Peter McBride, West Belfast, aegis defence services, belfast, human rights, ireland, presidential elections, private military contractors, shoot to kill policy, tim spicer, truth.
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more on the end of the british terrorist campaign
From the North Belfast News:
A brutal truth
Like all armies, the British army loves its codenames. Operation Banner is the innocuous moniker that it imposed on what it described as its operation to support the local police here. That’s code for the latest attempt to subdue the natives – the one that began in 1969 and [...]
Posted: August 1st, 2007 under British army, Irish peace process, RUC, belfast, collusion, human rights, ireland, policing, shoot to kill policy, war.
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Shoot to kill inquiry to be reopened
From the 20 July article by Owen Bowcott in the Guardian:
One of the most controversial inquiries of the Troubles, involving claims that police officers in Northern Ireland secretly adopted a “shoot to kill” policy, has been reopened, the Guardian has learned.
The allegations that republican terrorist suspects were deliberately killed rather than being arrested led to [...]
Posted: July 21st, 2007 under British army, MI5, collusion, human rights, ireland, shoot to kill policy.
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