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Information Rights Tribunal Judgement: Police Lies and the Protection of Agents

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In an historic legal win for the families, the Information Rights Tribunal has ordered the Chief Constable of Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) to disclose evidence in Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) files regarding the McGurk’s Bar Massacre. This followed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) battle that has lasted over four years for the origin of […]

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Historic Legal Victory for Massacre Families: PSNI Fails to Prove Origin of Police Lies

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An Information Tribunal has ordered the Chief Constable of Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) to hand over evidence in police files regarding the McGurk’s Bar Massacre. In a historic legal win for the families, the Information Rights Tribunal has ordered the Chief Constable of Police Service Northern Ireland to disclose evidence in Royal Ulster Constabulary

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Big Bill Campbell and the McGurk's Bar Massacre

No Reform for the Campbell Clan

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Another member of the Bridgeton Campbell clan was in the news this week. The British rightwing populist Reform UK [a private limited company] removed Craig Campbell as its Scottish organiser after the Daily Record approached Nigel Farage’s party about Campbell’s Facebook posts and family background. The newspaper revealed Campbell to be the son of William

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British Army Observation Posts: Photo Appeal on Massacre Anniversary

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Photo appeal on the 53rd anniversary of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre. The families of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre Campaign for Truth have launched a photo appeal that could provide further visual proof of key British Army observation posts overlooking the Gem Bar and McGurk’s Bar taken by an unknown photographer the morning after the massacre.

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Information Commissioner’s Office ICO Upholds Police Decision to Withhold Fingerprint Evidence

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Information Commissioner Office (ICO) Supports PSNI Withholding Evidence. Press Release. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has upheld Police Service Northern Ireland’s (PSNI) refusal to release basic information relating to fingerprint evidence police gathered in the aftermath of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre in 1971. The families believe the police have either destroyed the evidence or it

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Gerard Keenan at the McGurk's Bar mural

Our Resistance to Forced Forgetting – Academic Study by Professor Laura McAtackney

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A powerful academic study of our work by Professor Laura McAtackney is open to all from today. You now have open access to Professor McAtackney’s research paper: “Material Dissonances in the Post-Conflict City: Re-Presencing Social Injustice in Belfast, Northern Ireland”. Professor McAtackney has produced a compelling study on the power of memorialization and our campaign

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Attorney General Orders New Inquests for Massacre Victims

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The Attorney General of Northern Ireland has ordered new inquests for victims of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre. In a landmark decision, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland has ordered new inquests for victims of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre. 15 civilians including 2 children were murdered in the no-warning Loyalist bomb attack on McGurk’s Bar on

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Information Watchdog Investigates Police Refusal

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Information Commissioner Office Investigates Police Again. Press Release. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is investigating Police Service Northen Ireland’s refusal to hand over basic information relating to fingerprint evidence police gathered in the aftermath of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre. The families believe the police have either destroyed the evidence or it relates to named Loyalist

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