Garda Castigated In Report On North Collusion A human rights investigation says it has found evidence of RUC and British Army

The Irish Times/ireland.com, 6 November 2006:

Garda Castigated In Report On North Collusion

A human rights investigation says it has found evidence of RUC and British Army collusion in 74 sectarian murders in Northern Ireland.

The study by an international panel of human rights experts revealed it was told during its investigation that the Garda failed to co-operate in bringing republicans to justice for the murders of Protestants in the Republic.

An investigation of 25 loyalist atrocities during the 1970s by the panel said senior RUC officers were aware and approved of collusion while officials in London had enough information to intervene.

The panel, whose members include a law lecturer with the University of Notre Dame in the United States and a former investigator for the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, called on the British government to appoint an independent inquiry to examine how high up the chain of command collusion went.

They also urged the Government to investigate the claims made about the gardaí.

The group was asked by Derry-based human rights
organisation the Pat Finucane Centre to investigate the 25 incidents. Among the controversial murders they investigated were the murder of three members of the Miami Showband in July 1975 and the shooting dead of six men in separate UVF gun attacks on two families in Co Armagh in January 1976.

In their 115-page report, the panel said today: "Credible evidence indicates that superiors of violent extremist officers and agents, at least within the RUC, were aware of their sectarian crimes yet failed to act to prevent, investigate or punish them. On the contrary, they allegedly made statements that appeared to condone participation in these crimes.

The report also said gardaí seized on technicalities to deny extradition and "known criminals were allowed to roam freely on the other side of the Border".

© The Irish Times/ireland.com

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See also:

The Pat Finucane Centre, Derry, statement, 3 November 2006: INVITATION TO THE LAUNCH OF THE REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON ALLEGED COLLUSION IN SECTARIAN KILLINGS IN NORTHERN IRELAND . . .

Irish American Information Service online, 6 November 2006: RUC APPROVED AND COLLUDED IN 25 MURDERS - REPORT 2006-11-06 11:53:00.0 EST

BBC News online, 6 November 2006: Security 'Links' To Murder Plots

Ulster Television News online, 6 November 2006: US academic shocked by report's findings

Belfast Telegraph, 7 November 2006 Collusion: PSNI team 'not capable of getting to truth' Orde defends cold case team after international criticism

The Irish Daily Mirror, 7 November 2006: Shock report alleges high-level collusion Officials 'had information on 25 atrocities' RUC & Army 'helped loyalists carry out. . 74 MURDERS

The Irish Daily Mirror, 7 November 2006: So many victims

The Irish Examiner, 7 November 2006: Evidence found of British collusion in bombings

The Guardian, 7 November 2006: RUC and army 'backed killers'

The Irish-American Information Service, 7 November 2006: PRESSURE ON BRITISH TO INVESTIGATE COLLUSION EVIDENCE

The Irish News, 7 November 2006: Questions haunt probe into loyalist collusion.

The Dundalk Democrat, 15 November 2006:'We just want the truth' New investigation into 1975 bombing

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