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  • October 6, 2010
    Institutional child abuse victims meet in Belfast

    Northern Ireland victims of institutional child abuse will gather in Belfast on 7 October at a conference organised by Amnesty International to press for an independent inquiry.

  • September 15, 2010
    Sexual abuse survivors welcome Amnesty backing

    Sexual abuse survivors in Northern Ireland have welcomed plans by Amnesty International to hold a conference in Belfast that will press for an independent inquiry.

  • September 5, 2010
    Rescue of 'trafficking victims' welcomed

    Amnesty International has welcomed the police action leading to the rescue of a number of suspected victims of trafficking, after raids on Belfast brothels.

  • August 2, 2010
    Catalan democracy movement receives support from Wales

    Welsh politicians have called for the people of Catalonia to be allowed to determine their own future after a Spanish court over-ruled decisions on autonomy.

  • June 21, 2010
    Irish church leaders welcome Bloody Sunday inquiry verdict

    Catholic Bishops in Ireland are among a whole range of church and community leaders on both sides of the border who have welcomed the outcome of the Savile Enquiry on 'Bloody Sunday'.

  • June 8, 2010
    Belfast jury acquits opponents of arms company

    Belfast Crown Court has acquitted nine campaigners who were charged with “intent to cause criminal damage” after protesting against Raytheon, one of the world's largest arms firms.

  • May 7, 2010
    Surprise in Belfast as cross-community candidate unseats First Minister

    The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland has taken commentators by surprise by unseating the Northern Irish First Minister in his unionist heartland.

  • April 17, 2010
    SDLP reject 'sectarian' pact with Sinn Fein

    The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) in Northern Ireland has rejected the offer of a nationalist electoral pact with Sinn Fein, , describing the idea as “sectarian”.

  • April 15, 2010
    The Tories' Northern Irish problem

    While David Cameron rushes through the glitzy world of manifesto launches and pre-election speeches, he may be thankful that there have been few questions about his party's strategy in Northern Ireland. Yet a dispute over who's backing whom in the constituency of Fermanagh and South Tyrone highlights both the problems of the Tories' approach and the absurdities of the current electoral system.

  • April 13, 2010
    Tories thrown off course by Northern Irish election deal

    The Conservative Party look set to fail in their determination to stand a candidate in every constituency in the UK, as their Ulster Unionist allies have done a deal with a rival party.