Scotland: Plans for a National Police Service

August 26, 2011

Plans are being set out by the Scottish Government to reform its police force authorities into a single national force amid claims by local authorities that not enough discussion has been held on the issue. The Scottish Government has said that wide consultation

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Best or Bent: How Currupt is the Met?

July 25, 2011

So how corrupt is the Metropolitan Police Service and why should it matter to the Celtic League? Well for a start the United Kingdom government are always holding their institutions up as an example to the world and the MPS are used as

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OECD Queried About UK Police Bribaery and Corruption

July 25, 2011

The Celtic League has asked the OECD if it will be undertaking any enquiries into the alleged bribery and corruption involving the United Kingdom Metropolitan Police Service. Over the years the OECD has often spoken out and demanded assurances from small jurisdictions about

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Basque Country: Police Torture In the Spotlight

April 4, 2011

The Spanish Ambassador has written to the general secretary (GS) of the Celtic League, acknowledging receipt of a letter sent by him about the ill treatment of Basque people while in Spanish police custody earlier this year. The Ambassador said that the letter

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CPT Produce Critical Report On Irish Prisons And Police

February 17, 2011

The Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture has published an extremely damning report on conditions in prisons in Ireland. The CPT are also very critical of policing and express concern that although progress is being made in relation to the

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Leaked Letter Sheds Light on Police Language Row

January 23, 2011

A letter response has been leaked to the Celtic League from a member of staff at Devon and Cornwall Police, who had written in complaint about the removal of the Cornish language signs at Camborne police station last year. The letter – from

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Police Raids A Regular Feature of Basque Life

January 20, 2011

The General Secretary (GS) of the League has received an email from the Basque Country with a detailed account of an armed police raid of yet another Basque home and the detention of a young woman, in what has become an outrageously regular

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Devonwall Police Disengenuous Over Bilingual Signs Issue

December 26, 2010

The Devon and Cornwall Constabulary police commander for West Cornwall & Isles of Scilly has responded to the General Secretary (GS) of the Celtic League, regarding the use of bilingual signs at Camborne police station. Commander Martin Orpe told the GS in an

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Manx Parole Board Is Still Secret

August 28, 2010

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE MANX PAROLE BOARD IS IT STILL SECRET The Celtic League has asked the DHA if the membership and functioning of the IOM Parole Board is still secret! (See below): “The Chief Executive Mr Will Greenhow Department of Home Affairs

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Cornwall: Police Queried As Bilingual Signs Go Missing

August 27, 2010

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE CORNWALL: POLICE QUERIED AS BILINGUAL SIGNS GO MISSING! The General Secretary (GS) of the League has written to Camborne police station at the request of the Kernow branch, following complaints regarding the use ofthe Cornish language. The branch had

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