Questioning of Troops not Rigorous in N Ireland Killings Enquiries

July 10, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE QUESTIONING OF TROOPS NOT RIGOROUS IN N. IRELAND KILLINGS ENQUIRIES A series of killings by British soldiers in Northern Ireland during the troubles are to be reinvestigated after a damning report criticised the methods used by the Police

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Time Role and Funding of Interpol came in for Greater Scrutiny

June 27, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE In Act 1 of Shakespeare’s `Hamlet’ Marcellus says “Something is rotten in the State of Denmark”. The saying has become to epitomise situations which do not seem quite right and it could, in the light of recent Celtic

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Irish Branch Questions Legality of Detention

May 3, 2012

NEWS FROM CELTIC PRESS The Irish Branch of the Celtic League has written to the UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Owen Patterson MP, to express the concerns of members on the continued incarceration of Marian Price McGlinchey by the British authorities

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Cadet Death: Man In Court On Health and Safety Charges

December 24, 2011

An incident involving the death of an Army Cadet which prompted the Celtic League to query the MOD as to whether previous tragic lessons had been learned has resulted in a man facing the Scottish courts this week. Major George McCallum appeared at

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Cameron Deflects Attention From Army Murder Gangs

October 19, 2011

“It was clear within minutes that we had been lured to Downing Street under false pretences by a disreputable Government led by a dishonourable man.” This was the reaction of Geraldine Finucane, widow of murdered Belfast Solicitor Pat Finucane, after David Cameron announced

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Protest Over Treatment of Bahrain Medical Staff

October 4, 2011

The Celtic League has written to the Embassy of Bahrain to protest at the trial and ill-treatment of medical staff in the kingdom. Earlier this year the League criticized the Manx government for signing a trade deal with the repressive regime. “The Ambassador

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‘Serious And Gratuitous Violence’ By British Army

September 14, 2011

A three-year public inquiry into the death of an innocent Iraqi civilian in 2003, who was detained by British troops in Iraq, concluded yesterday (8th September 2011) that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was culpable of corporate and systematic failings and that “serious

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Protest To Spanish Over Ill Treatment of Detainees

February 21, 2011

The General Secretary (GS) of the League has written to the Spanish Ambassador to the UK to express his concerns following the arrest of ten people in the Basque Country on 17th January 2011, which included a personal friend of his. In the

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Extradition Case Concerns

January 18, 2011

The Celtic League has received reports that a French appeal court has agreed to the extradition of a French woman to Spain for her activity in a political party that is illegal in Spain, but not in France. The decision to extradite the

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