rosemary nelson

Death, Torture and the UK's "Inquiries Industry"

In recent months the issue of inquiries into killings or torture which either involved, or which were strongly suspected of involving, the UK’s armed forces, police and security services, has seemed almost as regular a feature of newspaper stories as the state of the Euro Zone. Many of these stories come from Northern Ireland, including(…)

Rosemary Nelson Inquiry Report

Rosemary Nelson, a lawyer who had acted in several high profile republican cases, was killed by a car bomb at her home in Lurgan, Co Antrim in 1999. The Red Hand Defenders claimed responsibility. Threats on her life had been made for a number of years. Clients of Ms Nelson’s had long alleged that members of(…)

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