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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RAF: Troubled Trainer Claims Another Victim

November 21, 2011

Almost a decade after the Celtic League called for more transparency over the operational safety record of the RAF Hawk jet trainer, another aircrew member has been killed in an accident last week at RAF Scampton. The Celtic League has monitored the somewhat

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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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UN Urged to Hold UK To Account Over Protocol

October 19, 2011

UN URGED TO HOLD UK TO ACCOUNT OVER PROTOCOL The UN CAT has been asked to consider pressing the UK authorities over their failure to provide specific training on the Istanbul Protocol at the next periodic report to the Committee from that country.

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UK: Justice Ministries Queried On Torture Convention Training

July 25, 2011

The Celtic League has asked justice departments in Scotland, N. Ireland, the Isle of Man, England and Wales if training is provided to law enforcement personnel and medical officers on the specifics of the UN Convention on Torture and the so called Istanbul

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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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South Irish Sea Designated Danger Area Query

July 14, 2011

The Celtic League has written to the Department of Transport in Ireland asking if they were involved in a consultation (undertaken by UK authorities) which has established a new `designated danger area’ for the testing of unmanned – military and civil robotic –

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Environment Agency Quizzed on Sellafield Storm Water issue

February 21, 2011

The Celtic League has written to the United Kingdom Environment agency asking about the monitoring of storm water outfalls from the Sellafield nuclear plant. The move is prompted by earlier correspondence with the UK HSE Nuclear Safety Directorate: “Chief Executive The Environment Agency

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FCO Pressed To Include British Tax Havens In Mubarek Assets Freeze

February 17, 2011

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has been asked if assurances it has given about the tracing and freezing of assets stolen from the Egyptian and Tunisian people by the deposed regimes in those countries will also extend to British overseas territories

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MCA Share League Concerns But ETV Provision Will End

November 27, 2010

The UK government is determined to press ahead with the decision to withdraw emergency towing vessels (ETVs) which are currently on station around British coasts. The Director of Maritime Services at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has confirmed that ETV provision will cease

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