Council of Europe Focus on Outstanding Troubles Inquests

March 16, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The United Kingdom has been asked by the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers (CoMIN) to submit a plan to resolve a number of outstanding inquests into deaths during the Troubles. The Committee considered the issue at its

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MOD Pressed on Soldier Who Absconded

July 10, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has posed a series of questions to the UK Ministry of Defence about a soldier released into British military custody by the Manx courts who subsequently absconded (text below). “Secretary of State for Defence Phillip

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RAF Hawk Jets in Airprox Incidents

July 10, 2013

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Prism: the United Kingdom FO are Reluctant to Comment

July 10, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE PRISM: THE UNITED KINGDOM FO ARE RELUCTANT TO COMMENT The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FO) are not to keen to comment on the ongoing controversy surrounding the involvement of the UK in the US National Security Agency internet

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Non-Jury Courts Get Red Card from UN Watchdog

June 3, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The United Nations Committee against Torture has expressed its regret that the United Kingdom continues to use non-jury Courts in Northern Ireland. The statement was contained in the latest comprehensive report by the CAT on the United Kingdom.

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BIC Meeting Overshadowed By Scottish Independence Debate

January 15, 2012

It is expected that at today’s (13/01/12) British Irish Council (BIC) meeting in Dublin the potential impact an independence Scotland will have on relations across the constituent nations of the British Isles and Ireland. The BIC meeting is likely to discuss the Scottish

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