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Published in: Home: OpinionAmnesty for Northern Ireland’s Troubles promises neither peace nor justice
OPINION: The UK government’s Northern Ireland Troubles bill will sweep historic crimes under the carpet
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Published in: Home: AnalysisTroubles bill puts perpetrators before victims, say politicians and bereaved
The families of victims on both sides of the debate have slammed the government’s plan to end criminal investigations
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Published in: Home: AnalysisSinn Féin could win the Northern Irish election. Here’s what that means
As a younger generation leaves the old sectarian divisions behind, new political alliances are forming
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureWhy are Northern Ireland’s women being silenced over Brexit?
Brexit is a disruptive force in women’s lives, yet patriarchy means their opinions are often discounted or ignored
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Published in: HomeScottish-Palestinian doctor taken to ‘New IRA meeting’ by MI5 and tried on terror charges
GP says he doesn’t know much about Northern Irish politics and faces years in jail.
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Published in: openSecurityHow states can constrain resort to political violence
Recognising there are political elements to any campaign of militant violence makes it less ‘terrifying’ for society...
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Published in: 50.50The marching season: a call for a new vision in Northern Ireland
As the climax of the 'marching season' in Northern Ireland approaches, Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire recalls...
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Published in: 50.50Women's power to stop war: Hubris or hope?
In the first of a series of articles marking the hundredth year of the Women's International League for Peace and...
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Published in: openSecurityIraq redux: British commanders before the ICC?
Evidence has been compiled suggesting agents of the UK state committed war crimes in Iraq, punishable before the...
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Published in: openSecurityThe long war gets longer: the campaign of violent dissident republicans
Northern Ireland is held up as an exemplary case study of building sustainable peace. Recent violent activity from...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe conspiracy theory of the peace process is a dangerous myth
In the wake of the historic handshake between the Queen and Martin McGuinness, Deputy First Minister for Northern...
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Published in: openSecurityPurposeful inquiry: detoxing the poisoned chalice
Derry/Londonderry is the UK City of Culture in 2013. In a place where names can be rigid markers of enmity, what...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDavid Cameron must remember the lessons of Bloody Sunday
In the aftermath of the riots that swept across England last week, the UK government must not rush to adopt...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhen conniving is not collusion: The Murder of Rosemary Nelson
Was there state collusion in the killing of Rosemary Nelson, the solicitor who was blown up by loyalists at her home...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDoes the union need unionism?
It is not clear what unites political unionism in Northern Ireland in its present form.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNorthern Ireland Secretary quizzed over dissident contacts
Is the British government talking to dissident republicans?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCovering the conflict: Human rights and journalism in Northern Ireland
Did journalists do enough to defend human rights during the troubles in Northern Ireland? That was a key question in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBloody Sunday - The Saville verdict on Britain's masacre of the innocents in Northern Ireland
After years of taking years of evidence and an expenditure of nearly £200 million, a British Inquiry has...