Month: November 2021

“The detainee who was interrogated for 32 hours only had his session stopped because he was assessed “as being so mentally retarded there was no point in questioning him further.” We have written previously about the use of torture interrogation techniques by the

The Celtic League has produced a sixtieth anniversary double issue celebrating the Leagues achievements and activities over six decades supporting the politics, languages and culture of the Celtic countries|. It’s a forty-eight page issue with full color illustrations and has been compiled by

The following two news items were raised in the November Newsletter of Yes Cymru: “St David’s Day Bank Holiday We’ve shared some links to the campaign to make St David’s Day a bank holiday on social media alongside our graphics. We know that not

The British Army claims to be in Kenya to avert the threat of terror. But their presence has resulted in a series of brutal crimes with no justice, says Isabel Ringrose in an article for Socialist Worker. She reports on a recent murder

On November 10th 1879 Pádraig Pearse was born in Dublin. Pearse is one of Irelands greatest patriots and was a leader of the Easter Rising after which he was executed by the British Army. “There are in every generation those who shrink from

A group ‘of Raging Grannies’ staged a protest at the Irish Department of Transport on 5th Nov. They entered the reception area of the Department of Transport shortly after 2pm, looking to have a conversation with Minister Eamon Ryan about US military use

A noticeable absence from COP26 was China and that’s important because China intends to expand its use gf coal for energy generation until 2030. However China’s appetite is also growing at sea. The graphic shows the MFV Shen Lan it came on stream

The Offences Against the State Act, first enacted in Ireland by the De Valera government in 1939 and subject to periodic amendment since that time, has been regularly criticised by the United Nations and bodies such as Amnesty International and the Irish Council

“A century ago, two women shattered a glass ceiling in the days before anyone knew what those words meant. “The names of Frances “Fay” Kyle and Averil Deverell are written large in the history of the legal profession in Ireland and Britain. “But

The Breton fishing trawler, Bugaled Breizh, whose name means “children of Brittany” in the Breton language, sank suddenly off Cornwall in 2004, although the weather conditions were good, the vessel was well maintained and had an experienced crew. There has been a long