Two republican prisoners at Maghaberry were assaulted by a prison riot
squad in full body armour after they refused to submit to a strip search
this week.
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Two republican prisoners at Maghaberry were assaulted by a prison riot
squad in full body armour after they refused to submit to a strip search
this week.
Published August 30, 2011
PSNI harassment in focus after arrest of society couple
The false arrest by the PSNI of a retired Dutch naval officer and his
former magistrate wife in raids targeting republicans has made
international headlines.
Published August 30, 2011
‘Blackmen’ hold provocative march
Sectarian tensions were again elevated last weekend as the Royal Black
Preceptory, a shadowy masonic organisation comprising of senior members
of the Orange Order, held parades across the North.
Published August 30, 2011
Adams subjected to PSNI ‘fishing’ subpoenas
British authorities have broadened their demands for the contents of
oral history testimonies dealing with the conflict in Ireland and given
to Boston College on the basis of confidentiality.
Published August 30, 2011
Republican mural displaced by advertisement hoarding
A controversy erupted in west Belfast this week after a mural honouring
republican women killed in the conflict was replaced by an ad promoting
landlordism.
Published August 30, 2011
Pressure is growing for other internees at Maghaberry jail to be
released following the decision to free critically ill Brendan Lillis
last week.
Published August 24, 2011
Warning over media threat as PSNI raids go on
Concern is growing at the level of harassment by the PSNI police and
their increasing use of the pro-unionist media to set up members of the
nationalist community for attack.
Published August 24, 2011
Colin Duffy refused bail ‘as a message’
Prominent republican Colin Duffy continues to be held without trial
after a judge astonishingly declared that his release might encourage
breakaway IRA groups.
Published August 24, 2011
Sectarian parade forced through nationalist village
A provocative loyalist band parade in the County Antrim village of
Rasharkin passed off peacefully at the weekend.
Published August 24, 2011
McGuinness condemns hardliners
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has hit out at ‘dissident’
republicans, labelling them ‘imposters’ for carrying on the name of the
IRA.
Published August 24, 2011
Hunger strike march in Belfast
A march to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the deaths of ten
republican hunger strikers took place in Belfast at the weekend.
Published August 24, 2011
There was shock, disbelief and tears of joy for the friends, family and
supporters of critically ill prisoner Brendan Lillis on Thursday when
news emerged that their campaign had succeeded in securing his freedom
-- and a rare victory against state brutality in the North of Ireland.
Published August 19, 2011
Fears over ‘United States of Eurozone’
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel
have presented proposals for a Eurozone government to carry out
centralised European decision making on economic matters and extract a
new tax on all financial transactions within the Eurozone.
Published August 19, 2011
Police Ombudsman scandal grows
A new report into the Police Ombudsman’s office in the North has
revealed that it is routinely engaging in the cover-up of key
intelligence details and censoring its own reports in order to bolster
the reputation of the PSNI police and its predecessor, the RUC.
Published August 19, 2011
Blame game follows Derry violence
Recriminations have followed an outbreak of trouble which followed
Saturday’s parade through the heart of nationalist Derry by the
loyalist Apprentice Boys organisation.
Published August 19, 2011
Adams sees further gains for Sinn Fein
The Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has predicted further growth for his
party in an address at a south Armagh rally to mark the 30th anniversary
of the prison hunger strikes of 1981.
Published August 19, 2011
Hopes for justice at Strabane commemoration
The brother of a disabled County Tyrone man killed forty years ago by the
British Army says he is hopeful a new investigation will clear his
brother’s name.
Published August 19, 2011
Brendan Lillis released, says partner
Published August 18, 2011
The truth about Billy McKavanagh
An unarmed Catholic man shot dead by the British army 40 years ago was
innocent of any wrongdoing, an inquiry has found.
Published August 13, 2011
Lillis held incommunicado in ‘a pantomime of callousness’
The Life Sentence Review Commissioners sat yesterday [Friday] to
consider the case of critically ill internee Brendan Lillis, who remains
under the watch of prison warders at a hospital in Belfast following his
transfer from notorious Maghaberry jail earlier this week.
Published August 13, 2011
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