ForcesWatch Highlight Attempt to Militarise Children

September 16, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Our friends at ForcesWatch have prepared a briefing document ahead of the plenary Welsh Assembly debate on armed forces visits to schools in Wales, which will be held on 30th September. They also tell us that Welsh Government’s

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Heath: Rot at the Heart of the British Establishment? What’s New!

August 6, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Good to see that the focus is on the late British PM Edward Heath and allegations of child abuse some of them going back decades. With no less than five police forces now conducting investigations, not to mention

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HMI Spotlight on Dungavel

July 8, 2015

The Dungavel immigration removal centre (IRC) in Lanarkshire is the subject of a recent inspection by HM Chief Inspector Prisons. The HMI make a number of recommendations for improvements to the way the centre is currently operated. Dungavel was the focus of concern

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Astonishing Admission About Records as MoD Respond Over Abuse Claims

April 5, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Ministry of Defence has responded to a series from the questions from the Celtic League about the payment of millions of pounds to settle abuse cases involving the military cadet forces (see link): https://www.celticleague.net/news/defence-sec-asked-why-mod-paid-hush-money-in-abuse-cases/ At the time

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May Turns Her Back on Child Abuse in Intelligence House of Horrors

March 16, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE It was dubbed the ‘House of horrors” where children were abused whilst the authorities looked the other way. The Kincora boy’s home in Belfast was the scene of serious organised sex abuse of children in the 1970s. It

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UNCRC Asked to Press UK on Armed Forces Recruitment of Children

March 1, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has raised the issue of the recruitment of children below the age of 18 years by the British Armed Forces with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The UK has in the

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CRC Action Called for on Tallaght Child Arrests

February 17, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Allegations made in the Dail earlier today suggest that children between the ages of 14 – 17 were arrested in early morning raids by An Garda Síochána in the west Tallaght area of Dublin. The arrests were related

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Defence Sec Asked Why MOD Paid Hush-money in Abuse Cases

January 30, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE DEFENCE SEC ASKED WHY MOD PAID HUSH-MONEY IN ABUSE CASES The Celtic League have written to United Kingdom Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, MP, asking why his Department hushed-up a scandal involving allegations of physical and sexual abuse in

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Theresa May Quizzed on Actions she has Taken Over Cadet Abuse Allegations

January 30, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has written to the UK Home Secretary asking what action she has taken following revelations that the Ministry of Defence paid out £2 million pounds over 3 years to silence allegations about physical and sexual

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League Notify UNCRC About MOD Cadet Sex Abuse Payment

January 22, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has written to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child about a £2 million payment by the British Ministry of Defence to victims of physical and sexual abuse in the cadet forces.

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