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PRESS STATEMENT in relation to the settlement of the Campbell family Civil Case, Monday 21 November 2022

| 21 November 2022

There is something wrong with a society that forces the widow and children of Pat Campbell to have to take legal action against elements of that state to get some small level of satisfaction for the pain and hurt that was visited on the family late in the evening of Monday 29 October 1973 by then...

The Independent/Gemma Brown | 23 September 2022

The Murder of Sean Brown: Inherited Trauma in Northern Ireland: Twenty-five years have now passed since the murder of my father’s cousin, Sean Brown. The Troubles legacy bill does nothing to heal my family’s inherited trauma.

Kevin Mullan, Derry Journal 16th September 2022 | 21 September 2022

This article by Kevin Mullan is from the Derry Journal 16.09.22 A British soldier has been interviewed under caution in connection with the fatal shooting of William McGreanery in 1971. A file has been sent to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) to consider whether or not charges should be brought...

Anne Cadwallader for DECLASSIFIED | 21 September 2022

A 10 year-old Belfast boy was killed by a plastic bullet fired by a British soldier in 1975 - one of 17 people who died from this ammunition during The Troubles. A coroner has now slammed the Ministry of Defence for failing to change its Rules of Engagement in time.

Kevin Mullen, Derry Journal 16th Sept 2022 | 21 September 2022

This article by Kevin Mullen appeared in the Derry Journal on 19th September 2022 William McGreanery’s nephew says each time he is interviewed about his uncle he is transported back to his 13 year old self. “Everytime you are involved with an interview or something happens you have to take yourself...

Freya McClements- Irish Times 29 Aug 2022 | 20 September 2022

No one was brought to justice for the death of Harry Duffy. Now his family fear new legacy legislation means no one ever will.

| 20 September 2022

This week (20.09.22) the PFC wrote to the NIO seeking a response to the two statements released by the family of John Pat Cunningham, reproduced below. At the family's request we have asked the new Secretary of State, Chris Heaton -Harris, for a response. STATEMENT FROM THE FAMILY OF JOHN PAT...

29 June 2022 | 20 September 2022

Firing of two shots by Soldier D- 'Unjustified' Following of the delivery of the Coroner’s findings in the Kathleen Thompson inquest, Fearghal Shiels of Madden & Finucane said: “This is yet another clear illustration that the inquest system is capable of achieving the truth for families seeking...

Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland | 25 January 2022

The Police Ombudsman has today published a report into the RUC's handling of paramilitary attacks by the UDA/UFF between 1989 and 1993 which resulted in 19 murders and multiple attempted murders. The Ombudsman has identified collusive behaviours and raised significant concerns about police conduct.

From the Declassified UK Website, 5 January 2021 | 05 January 2022

‘SOMETHING AWKWARD’: WHEN CONSERVATIVE MINISTERS AUTHORISED TORTURE The Supreme Court has ruled that Northern Irish police acted illegally in failing to properly investigate the case of the so-called ‘Hooded Men’. Police torture at a British army barracks was “deliberate policy”. A 1977 letter found...

UDR Declassified

Micheál Smith

Fermanagh: From Plantation to Peace Process

Margaret Urwin

Impact of the Parachute Regiment 1970-173

The Impact of the Parachute Regiment in Belfast 1970-73

Micheál Smith

Protestant Migration from the West Bank of Derry / Londonderry 1969-1980

Dr Ulf Hansson and Dr Helen McLaughlin

Anatomy of a Cover-up

PFC Report on the deaths of Gary English & Jim Brown, 19 April 1981

A State in Denial

Margaret Urwin

Counter-Gangs

Margaret Urwin

Gerald Donaghey

Conal McFeely

Lethal Allies

Anne Cadwallader

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