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northern ireland

October 28, 2014

Chinese consulate in Northern Ireland will be focus for human rights protest

Amnesty International has said that a Chinese consulate in Northern Ireland will become a focus of protest for those concerned with China's human rights record.
October 23, 2014

Government blocks UK Inquiry into Kincora child abuse

Amnesty International has strongly criticised the UK government’s decision to exclude Kincora Boys’ Home from its inquiry into child abuse in the UK.
September 13, 2014

Ian Paisley and reconciliation

The political figures of my youth are gradually dying off. Ian Paisley has joined Tony Benn, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan in the ranks of dominant figures of the 1980s who are no longer with us.
May 30, 2014

Major anti-racism march planned for Belfast

Plans for a major march against racism in Belfast have been announced by Amnesty International, the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities.
March 10, 2014

Amnesty briefs US politicians on 'dealing with the past' in Northern Ireland

Amnesty International is to brief US politicians on the ongoing failure to adequately investigate past human rights violations and abuses in Northern Ireland.
February 18, 2014

Northern Ireland clerical abuse body undermined by Church, says Amnesty

Amnesty has expressed concern that the Catholic Church body auditing internal child protection practice in Northern Ireland is having its work undermined and its funding cut.
January 2, 2014

Progress on Northern Ireland 'must not be squandered'

Amnesty International has warned that the opportunity to deal with the past in Northern Ireland must not be squandered following the multi-party negotiations.
December 23, 2013

Former archbishop seeks Northern Ireland peace breakthrough

Former Anglican archbishop Dr Robin Eames has called for progress on a conclusive northern Irish peace deal.
August 10, 2013

Raising questions about denominationally-based schooling

For the enrichment and development of plural public education on the one hand, and healthy faith communities on the other, it is necessary that the distinction between the two - as well as their need to converse and cooperate - is understood and put into operation, says Simon Barrow. That is why community schooling for all is so important.
August 9, 2013

Amnesty calls for public inquiry into Omagh bombing

Amnesty has joined bereaved families in calling for an independent public inquiry into the circumstances of the Omagh bomb and subsequent investigative failures.