30 June 2022 Statement on the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) The Law Society of Northern Ireland notes with concern the contents of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill and has written to the Joint Committee on Human Rights to formally lodge our concerns around the proposals’ non-compliance with the European Convention on Human…
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED 30TH JUNE 2022 HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATE PATRICIA BURNS & DANIEL MCCREADY LODGE PETITION TO SUPREME COURT, LONDON TO CHALLENGE LEGACY PROPOSALS COURT DIRECTS SECRETARY OF STATE RESPONSE BY 1ST JULY 2022 A legal challenge to the legacy proposals currently being debated by the Westminster government was lodged with the…
Young men were subjected to coercion and oppression before “confessing” to terrorist crimes Published Date: 10.06.2022 A Police Ombudsman investigation has concluded that four young men arrested in Derry/Londonderry in 1979 were treated unfairly and made ‘confessional’1 statements which were not voluntary according to the standards of the time. PDF: Full public statement Operation-Farrier-Public-Statement.pdf The men…
Damning report find Police coerced murder confessions out of Derry Four A report has found the Derry Four were coerced by the RUC into wrongly confessing to the murder of Lt Stephen Kirkby in 1979 The Derry News 10 Jun 2022 4:25 PM A damning report has stated that Police forced confessions from the ‘Derry…
PRESS RELEASE HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES AISLING GHÉAR IRISH LANGUAGE THEATRE COMPANY, BELFAST CHALLENGES WITHDRAWAL OF FUNDING BY NORTHERN IRELAND ARTS COUNCIL 26TH MAY 2022 The only Irish language theatre company in the North Aisling Ghéar, based at Cultúrlann Belfast, has today challenged a decision by the Arts Council Northern Ireland to withdraw…
London’s latest legacy proposals contain nothing for families bereaved in the conflict. No self-respecting judge, police officer/former police officer or historian should touch them with a barge pole. Perpetrators can apply for immunity from prosecution behind closed doors without their evidence being tested to substantiate their integrity or truthfulness. London’s latest legacy proposals contain nothing…
The Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) has strongly criticised the UK government’s new legacy bill (as introduced into the UK Parliament today) and has called for it to be scrapped in favour of the prior proposals in the Stormont House Agreement. CAJ is highly critical of a number of aspects of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy…
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has responded to the UK Government’s proposed Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill. Chief Commissioner Alyson Kilpatrick commented: “The Commission has been involved in this issue for many years. It is one that has continued to cause distress to people already traumatised by conflict. We have always approached…
Ex-postmistress wrongly accused of stealing for terrorists says her life was at risk Innocent NI victims of most widespread miscarriage of justice in British legal history call for heads to roll A former Post Office worker has told how she feared for her life after being accused of stealing money for paramilitaries. Deirdre Connolly shared…
PRESS RELEASE HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES PATRICIA BURNS & DANIEL MCCREADY LODGE APPLICATION TO NI COURT OF APPEAL TO PETITIION SUPREME COURT ON LEGACY PROPOSALS CHALLENGE 9th MAY 2022 Patricia Burns and Daniel McCready, relatives of two victims of the Troubles, lodged an application to the NI Court of Appeal on Friday 6th…
