Archive for 'UVF'
Belfast Telegraph article about David McIlwaine’s uncle being forced to identify him
This is heartbreaking:
Police ‘forced’ man to identify mutilated body of murdered nephew, court told
Police effectively forced the uncle of a teenage murder victim to identify the badly mutilated body against his will, the High Court has heard.
Alan Steele also claimed officers did not care because they wrongly believed his dead nephew, David McIlwaine, was a [...]
Posted: February 4th, 2010 under British government, David McIlwaine, Irish peace process, Police Service of Northern Ireland, UVF, accountability, belfast, collusion, culture of impunity, impunity, ireland, justice, loyalist paramilitaries, policing, torture, truth, truth and reconciliation, truth recovery process.
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Justice for Raymond
Raymond McCord’s book about the murder of his son, Raymond, Jr. will be released on 16 May. The book covers the 1997 murder of Raymond, Jr. by the Mount Vernon UVF, Raymond, Sr.’s quest to find the killers and bring them to justice, the subsequent death threats from the UDA and UVF, attacks [...]
Posted: April 15th, 2008 under Nuala O'Loan, RUC, Raymond McCord, Special Branch, UDA, UVF, belfast, books, collusion, ireland, loyalist, loyalist paramilitaries.
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my kind of town
I just recently arrived in Chicago after spending a relatively unpleasant few hours sitting adjacent to the (obviously not often cleaned) bathroom on the Megabus from Ann Arbor. Never thought I’d be so happy to breathe city air!
After a long search for a place that offers both free wireless and an outlet to plug [...]
Posted: July 27th, 2007 under Arbor Brewing Company, Irish peace process, Pat Finucane Centre, RUC, UDR, UVF, collusion, human rights, ireland, pat finucane, policing.
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orange disorder
Last Thursday was the twelfth of July (or The Twelfth if you are so inclined), the day that the Protestant Orange Order commemorates the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, in which (the Protestant) William of Orange defeated (the Catholic) King James II. It continues to be celebrated as the defeat of Catholic interests [...]
Posted: July 17th, 2007 under British army, Catholicism, Iraq, Irish peace process, Orange Order, UVF, belfast, ireland.
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Statement from the families of those murdered at Donnelly’s Bar, Silverbridge, outside Kay’s Tavern, Dundalk and in the Reavey and O’Dowd homes
Note: Alan Brecknell will be in the states for a speaking tour to discuss collusion (etc) in late July/early August and will be making stops in Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, New York and Boston.
From the Pat Finucane Centre:
For further information contact Alan Brecknell at the Newry PFC office: 02830 251491 mobile 00353 861739722-Alan’s father Trevor was [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2007 under British army, Irish peace process, Pat Finucane Centre, UVF, collusion, ireland.
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Does this happen to you too?
I’m only recently back from a 3 week trip to Belfast, and as is often the case when one returns from a vacation (of sorts), I’ve been asked by friends, family, acquaintances, and workmates what I did while I was away. So I discuss–or attempt to discuss, as the case may be–exactly what I did. [...]
Posted: June 11th, 2007 under Centurion Ministries, Irish peace process, UVF, belfast, collusion, environmental justice, ireland, political prisoners, relatives for justice, war.
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The UVF “calls it quits”
The Ulster Volunteer Force and the Red Hand Commando (two loyalist paramilitary groups in the north of Ireland) today issued a statement declaring an end to its armed campaign of terror. Because I cannot say it better myself, here is a repost from Máirtín Ó Muilleoir’s blog:
Third cheer when the butcher knives are handed over
It [...]
Posted: May 3rd, 2007 under Irish peace process, UVF, collusion.
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