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Joe McCann: Trial of two soldiers collapses

May 4, 2021 World Justice News 0

Two former paratroopers accused of the murder of an Official IRA man in 1972 have been formally acquitted after their trial collapsed. Joe McCann, 24, was shot in disputed circumstances in Joy Street in the […]

Birmingham Six prison letter revealed

December 29, 2017 World Justice News 0

One of six men wrongly convicted of the Birmingham pub bombings branded the British legal system as unable “to spell the word justice”, declassified documents reveal. Paddy Hill also said successive Irish governments abandoned the […]

Birmingham pub bombings: Families granted legal aid

May 4, 2017 World Justice News 0

Lawyers acting for eight families of victims of the Birmingham pub bombings say they have been offered legal aid funding. The government had previously intervened to remove legal barriers that had barred the Northern Ireland-based […]

Ex Soldiers To Be Prosecuted For Murder Of IRA Man

December 16, 2016 World Justice News 0

Two former soldiers are to be prosecuted for murder in relation to the fatal shooting of an Official IRA man in Belfast in 1972. The defendants, known as Soldier A and Soldier C, are the […]

Guildford Four: Gerry Conlon’s sister calls for files to be released

October 27, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Following the release of secret case papers, the sister of Guildford Four member Gerry Conlon, Ann McKernan, has called for these papers be made public. Mr Conlon, along with three others, was jailed in a […]

Human Rights

British Government to impose some form of social media age or functionality restrictions

April 28, 2026 0

The government will “impose some form of age or functionality restrictions” on social media for under-16s even if it stops short of an outright ban, Education Minister Olivia Bailey has said. Ministers proposed further amendments […]

Human Rights

Britain’s assisted dying bill fails to become law as it runs out of time but supporters vow to continue fighting

April 25, 2026 0

Assisted dying will not become a law in England and Wales after the bill ran out of time for debate. The landmark legislation, which has been making its way through parliament for the past year-and-a-half, had […]

Human Rights

Facial recognition to be ‘rolled out’ across UK after human rights challenge fails

April 22, 2026 0

Facial recognition systems will be introduced across the country, the government has said as it welcomed the failure of a legal challenge to the technology. The case against the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial […]