League in Scotland Follow-up on Rendition

January 10, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE LEAGUE IN SCOTTISH FOLLOW UP ON RENDITION The Celtic League has followed up earlier correspondence to Scottish authorities about the alleged use of airports in Scotland by CIA aircraft involved in rendition (see below): “Mr K MacAskill Justice

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Rendition Follow-up

January 6, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE RENDITION FOLLOW UP The Celtic League has written again to the Irish police about the use of Shannon airport by rendition flights. The move follows an exchange of correspondence last year. “Inspector T A Kennedy An Garda Síochána

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Justice Departments Respond on Istanbul Principles

August 17, 2011

Responses have started to come in following Celtic League queries to Justice Agencies about the application of the so called `Istanbul Principles’ of the United Nations which cover the training of law enforcement personnel and medical officers in respect of torture and ill

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Oral History Probe May Uncover the Unexpected

May 20, 2011

US Federal authorities acting on behalf of the United Kingdom government are seeking access to a University oral history project in the United States as part of an investigation into deaths in Northern Ireland forty years ago. In the late 1990s as the

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