St Mary's University College, Falls Road, Belfast
Monday 2nd August, 2pm
The Pat Finucane Centre and the Derry Playhouse Actors’ Group present a dramatic, multi-media account of how weapons were ‘stolen’ or ‘disappeared’ from various British Army, UDR and RUC bases throughout the conflict. New and forensically-tested evidence is constantly emerging about how many people met their deaths as a result.
The British government’s response was to cover up the extent of collusion. Using hitherto secret documents and photographic evidence, these stories of the guns and their victims will mark this year’s fortieth anniversary of the founding of the UDR in an entirely different perspective.
St Mary's University College, Falls Road, Belfast
Monday 2nd August, 12.00-1.30pm, Lecture Room 1
An event organised by Amnesty International
Denis Murray, former BBC Ireland Correspondent, will chair what promises to be a lively and fascinating panel discussion and Q&A on Human Rights & Journalism, looking at issues such as freedom of the press, the role of journalists locally, nationally and internationally in bringing truth and justice to the fore and how human rights abuses are reported in local press (to name a few).
Panel members are: Liam Clarke, former NI editor of, now columnist for, The Sunday Times and regular contributor to the Newsletter and Belfast Telegraph. Liam has been arrested under the Official Secrets Act and fought for journalists' right to protect their sources. Fionola Meredith, a writer and broadcaster for The Irish Times, BBC and others and has championed refugee rights. Anne Cadwallader, has worked as a journalist for the BBC, RTE, Irish Press, Reuters & others and is now a case worker with the Pat Finucane Centre.