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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE

@finucanecentre.bsky.social
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Offices in Derry, Belfast & Armagh. Caseworker in Dublin. Providing legacy advocacy support to bereaved families. Exhibitions available on Legacy of Colonialism (15 pop ups). Also available a mobile video exhibit w/family interviews on Brit state impunity.

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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 2h
BBC News - UK special forces could face prosecution as Afghanistan evidence referred to police www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK special forces could face prosecution as Afghanistan evidence referred to police
Evidence relating to a number of detention operations carried out by British personnel between 2010 and 2013 is being examined.
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Brian Dooley @dooleydooley.bsky.social · 9h
Thanks to @voelkerrechtsblog.org for running this piece by @suchitauppal.bsky.social & myself of @humanrightsfirst.org about the inquest into killings by British soldiers of 5 civilians in Belfast in 1972 @finucanecentre.bsky.social @museumfreederry.bsky.social @cjharvey1.bsky.social
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Paddy Hillyard @paddyzemia.bsky.social · 6h
Thanks to Declassified UK for the opportunity to outline the continuing obstacles to getting the whole truth on the murder of Pat Finucane. For more details see my 'Decades of Deceit'. @btp.com
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 8h
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Human Rights First @humanrightsfirst.org · 05/10/2026
Since 2022, Russian missiles have attacked 43 railways stations, killed 52 railway workers, & damaged or destroyed 500 locomotives. From Kyiv, @dooleydooley.bsky.social shares the extent & impact of Russia's intensifying attacks on trains and their passengers in Ukraine. @glushko.bsky.social
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Russia Intensifies Attacks on Trains in Ukraine
I’m in the same bomb shelter in Kyiv where I’ve spent many hours, often entire nights, since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. It’s close to the main railway station, which until now did...
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Drumcree is being portrayed, where there is any rights analysis at all, as a straight clash between Art 8 and Art 11. This is problematic, as it doesn't recognise the specific protest rights of the Garvaghy Road residents (as the CAJ and FIDH highlight here): www.fidh.org/en/region/eu...
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.declassifieduk.org/a-lawyer-was...
declassifieduk.org
A lawyer was murdered. Now an inquiry must expose MI5’s role
Pat Finucane was murdered in Belfast decades ago. Could an inquiry finally force British intelligence to come clean?
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DerryJournal @derryjournal.com · 05/10/2026
Fintan Drury to chair Derry conference examining 'complicity in Gaza genocide' www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...
derryjournal.com
Fintan Drury to chair Derry conference examining 'complicity in Gaza genocide'
Writer Fintan Drury will chair a conference ‘examining Irish institutional and corporate complicity in the genocide in Gaza’ in Derry next month.
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 03/10/2026
‘Trauma still there’: A decades-old standoff returns to Northern Ireland aje.news/ibexne
‘Trauma still there’: A decades-old standoff returns to Northern Ireland
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Cathal Mac Coille @cathalmaccoille.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Open letter on the Drumcree and Garvaghy Road row signed by people from a Protestant background. Impressive.
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
💚💚💚🇵🇸🎻🎶BEOGA live at the Garvaghy Road Fleadh tent tonight!! 🎶🎻🇮🇪💚💚💚 @kneecapceol.bsky.social @unamullally.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social @cjharvey1.bsky.social @andreemurphy.bsky.social @clairemitchell.bsky.social @revkarensethuraman.bsky.social
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Luke Butterly @lukejbutterly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane is being prevented from access to millions of intelligence documents. Government funding for a secure computer system has yet to be agreed, more than two years after the investigation was first announced.
thedetail.tv
Finucane inquiry blocked from secret files over funding delay
The inquiry is still waiting for secure infrastructure to handle sensitive intelligence documents
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Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“We can’t both sides this one. What’s being asked of both sides isn’t equal”
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
PFC caseworker Alan Brecknell giving evidence to Dail committee this afternoon on legacy proposals in the Republic
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.oireachtas.ie/en/committee... PFC will join other NGOs giving evidence to this Seanad Committee from 3pm onwards. At issue is the proposed legacy legislation to be introduced in the Republic to mirror the British 'Troubles Bill' on new legacy proposals. Click above to view the hearing.
oireachtas.ie
Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
34th Dáil, 27th Seanad
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.declassifieduk.org/i-was-a-seni...
declassifieduk.org
I was a senior British army lawyer. This is the truth about ‘lawfare’
Concerns about elderly Northern Ireland veterans are being used to protect the SAS from the Afghanistan inquiry
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Tom Griffin @tcgriffin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A killing linked to theDrumcree dispute. www.theguardian.com/theguardian/...
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Death of a reporter
Why a loyalist gunman shot Martin O'Hagan.
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Rosemary Nelson's son Chris will be interviewed on RTE radio 1 in a few minutes at around 14.15. Rosemary, solicitor for the Garvaghy Rd residents, was murdered by loyalists in 1999.
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Remember folks-at times of high community tension and re-traumatisation as is the case this morning with Drumcree/Garvaghy Rd there is one small step you can make for your own mental health and well being-do not listen to the toxic Nolan Show on Radio Ulster...
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Mark @deirbhilesdaddy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
For anyone in Britain or further afield who wants to know WHY the Drumcree Parade down the Garvaghy Road is unwanted by the local people.
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.patfinucanecentre.org/god-and-ulst...
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For God and Ulster: An Alternative Guide to the Loyal Orders | The Pat Finucane Centre
This alternative guide to the Loyal Orders is an attempt to fill a gap, a gap in information about semi-secret organisations which have played a major role in the history of this island and a gap in u...
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
PSNI tells Orange Order not to march down Garvaghy Road "The PSNI has dramatically told the Orange Order that it will not be able to march on Garvaghy Road in Portadown this morning, because there are too many Nationalist protestors on the road who are refusing to move, Mark Hennessy reports."
irishtimes.com
PSNI tells Orange Order not to march down Garvaghy Road amid blockade by protesters
Belfast appeals court overturns ban on Protestant organisation marching through mainly nationalist area of Portadown
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Huw Bennett @bennetthuw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No doubt Policy Exchange, the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail will now loudly condemn this vast obstruction of justice by the Ministry of Defence.
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Court hearing re proposed Orange parade at 6.30 Belfast High Court
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Emergency Mobilisation - STAND BY! Calling on all supporters of Garvaghy Road Residents to assemble at the High Court in Belfast City Centre later this evening. Anticipated time is likely to be between 5.30pm onwards. A Judicial Review will be sought by the Residents. Exact time to follow ✊
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Emergency Mobilisation - STAND BY! Calling on all supporters of Garvaghy Road Residents to assemble at the High Court in Belfast City Centre later this evening. Anticipated time is likely to be between 5.30pm onwards. A Judicial Review will be sought by the Residents. Exact time to follow ✊
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Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.irishnews.com/news/norther... It is unforgivable that the OO and political unionism have reopened the wounds of Garvaghy Rd. They are showing absolute contempt for all those who died as a result of this dispute. Shame on them.
irishnews.com
Parades Commission allows Orange Order to march along Garvaghy Road
Determination issued on Friday afternoon
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The story of Natalie Abudayyeh (21) a journalism student and member of the Palestine Women's Football Team. She played in Dublin against @bfcdublin.bsky.social in 2024. Today, she's in an Israeli jail. Her family and teammates say she was taken at gunpoint from university without charge.
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... The few British soldiers ever convicted of the murder of Irish civilians ALL received the ‘Queen’s Pardon’ and rejoined their regiments.
theguardian.com
Israeli president pardons combat medic who shot dead wounded Palestinian attacker
Elor Azaria’s conviction in 2017 for manslaughter of man who stabbed soldier continues to divide country
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Our Legacy of Colonialism exhibition will be in Bristol in November. Would you like to host this exhibit in Wales or southern England after Bristol ? Contact us at info@patfinucanecentre.org
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
PFC, CAJ, Amnesty and RFJ met new NIO Secretary of State Chris Bryant MP in Belfast today. Discussion focused on progress of legacy legislation -the Troubles Bill.
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.rte.ie/news/2026/09...
rte.ie
Wife of Pat Finucane optimistic inquiry will reveal truth
The wife of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane has said she is optimistic a public inquiry underway in Belfast will get to the truth of one of the most controversial killings of the Troubles.
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Paddy Hillyard @paddyzemia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Pat Finucane Inquiry heard today that it will investigate "the extent to which his killers were encouraged, assisted, protected or directed by the British state". It will also consider the role of state agents in MI5's counter insurgency strategy. For more details see my book: Decades of Deceit
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barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Public Inquiry into murder of Pat Finucane will reopen today with Inquiry counsel Matthew Hill outlining open source material about what is already known about allegations of state collusion in the Belfast solicitor's 1989 murder. #FinucaneInquiry #detail.tv
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barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
A hugely important piece of research on how the media should accurately and fairly report on new communities www.raised-voices.co.uk/reporting-gu...
raised-voices.co.uk
Reporting on asylum seekers, refugees and migration guidelines
Guidelines for the Northern Ireland media
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.derryjournal.com/news/courts/...
derryjournal.com
William McGreanery and Annette McGavigan remembered as families’ half century fight for justice continues
Billy McGreanery will never forget his uncle William, a second father, who used to treat him with Toblerone and packets of Rolo.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The people of Ireland give our #ConMan-In-Chief the welcome he so richly deserves! 🇮🇪 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕 ☘️
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The most dangerous world leader since Adolf Hitler is visiting Ireland. Let’s hope he and his criminal cartel family have a miserable time!
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Join the Palestine Bloc outside Hugh Lane Gallery where we will be providing flags and banners at 12:50pm tomorrow as part of the Irish Coaliton Against Trump protest against his visit. The government may bend the knee but the ordinary people of Ireland be servile! #FreePalestine
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/09/2026
George W Bush’s impunity led to Trump’s lawlessness | Kenneth Roth
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George W Bush’s impunity led to Trump’s lawlessness | Kenneth Roth
The reluctance of later administrations to repudiate Bush-era torture and endless detention laid the groundwork for recent violence
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11/09/2026
‘Everything changed’: The human cost of 25 years of US wars aje.news/ojamxu
‘Everything changed’: The human cost of 25 years of US wars
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Brian Dooley @dooleydooley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Great to be at the @finucanecentre.bsky.social in Derry today with visiting US indigenous delegation, discussing historical connections between US & Irish activism @humanrightsfirst.org @humanrightsfirst.org
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
US indigenous delegation, guests of the BS Trust, visiting the PFC in Derry today. Brian Dooley of Human Rights First also here. Oglala Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, Arapaho, Dakota, Boricua, Keetoowah Band of Cherokee, Siha Sapa Lakota! @humanrightsfirst.org
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The US indigenous delegation, guests of the BS Trust, visiting the PFC in Derry today. Oglala Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, Arapaho, Dakota, Boricua, Keetoowah Band of Cherokee, Siha Sapa Lakota! @museumfreederry.bsky.social
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The US indigenous delegation, guests of the BS Trust, visiting the PFC in Derry today. Oglala Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, Arapaho, Dakota, Boricua, Keetoowah Band of Cherokee, Siha Sapa Lakota! @museumfreederry.bsky.social
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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Indigenous delegation from US at launch of PFC / BS Trust ‘Wanted’ poster on back of Free Derry Wall. Share! @museumfreederry.bsky.social @derryjournal.com @derrynow.bsky.social
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