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New push to end internment

A prisoners’ welfare group has launched a campaign to highlight the effective internment of Irish republican prisoners who are spending years in jails on both sides of the border without going to trial.

Published June 22, 2023

Anger as Britain moves to shut down active legacy cases

Sinn Féin has labelled the timing of the amendments to British legacy legislation, currently making its way through Westminster parliament, as “cynical” and said it will “slam the door shut on victims” of the conflict.

Published June 15, 2023

Torture apology ‘not enough’

Some of the ‘Hooded Men’ who received a PSNI apology for their torture this week have dismissed it as “too little, too late” or rejected it outright.

Published June 15, 2023

Huge opposition to police’s inquest delay strategy

British state agencies have been called out for delaying the release of information about the murder of County Derry man Sean Brown so an inquest cannot be completed.

Published June 15, 2023

Volunteer accused of informing exonerated by IRA

An IRA Volunteer killed after he was accused of being an informer by the IRA’s internal security unit was later exonerated, the victim’s brother has revealed.

Published June 15, 2023

Family fears inquest could be halted

The family of a Catholic man killed by loyalists almost 30 years ago believe they will never find out the truth after the British government revealed plans to end inquests.

Published June 15, 2023

South Armagh remembers its heroes

Sinn Féin MP John Finucane responded to criticism of his participation in the annual commemoration for the IRA South Armagh Volunteers with a powerful and dignified speech in which he defended “the right to remember, and the right to commemorate”.

Published June 15, 2023

Torture victims receive PSNI apology

The Hooded Men have received an apology from the PSNI over their treatment after they were interned more than 50 years ago.

Published June 13, 2023

Focus on commemoration a distraction

Unionists are piling pressure on Sinn Féin MP John Finucane to withdraw from a commemoration of IRA Volunteers who died in the conflict as part of their unending campaign to depict Irish resistance to British rule as “terrorism”.

Published June 8, 2023

Saoradh condemns use of child informers amid Derry clashes

Saoradh representatives in Derry have been contacted by concerned parents following revelations that young people between the ages of 13-16 have been working as what has been termed “Juvenile Covert Human Intelligence Sources”.

Published June 8, 2023

Video captures harsh reality of loyalist gangs

A shocking video of a taxi driver believed by the PSNI police to be an ‘enforcer’ for drug deals by the East Belfast UVF has brought attention to their failure to tackle loyalist crime.

Published June 8, 2023

Partition’s tombstone is delivered

After years of wrangling, unionists have said a monument to the partition of Ireland will be placed at the Stormont Assembly buildings later this summer, despite it being condemned by nationalists as a testament to a century of bloody division and conflict.