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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

United colours of Belfast. Fantastic atmosphere in Ulidia Playing Fields as about a thousand people gathered to enjoy the sun at the Great #RefugeeWeek Picnic.

Pic from Great Refugee Week Picnic 2026, Belfast.

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Happy #Pride Month to everyone helping make the world a little more colourful, positive and welcoming.

Pic of me with large Pride flag on Dublin City Council HQ

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

At just 10 years old, Northern Ireland currently has one of the lowest ages of criminal responsibility in the world. Children belong in schools and playgrounds, not in police cells and prisons. It’s time to raise the age #TenIsTooYoung

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Police Ombudsman ‘blocking’ own report into Martin O’Hagan murder The murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan casts a long shadow on press freedom in Northern Ireland. No more delay. The Police Ombudsman’s report must be published now - the O’Hagan family has been waiting too long.

Irish News article: Police Ombudsman ‘blocking’ own report into Martin O’Hagan murder

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

TalkTV paying substantial damages and making a public apology to Marcus Hunter-Neill is a huge vindication against the smear campaign targeting drag performers and LGBTQ+ people. People spreading lies - and politicians jumping on the bandwagon - should reflect on the outcome. 🌈📚

Screenshot from Belfast Telegraph: "TalkTV pays ‘substantial damages’ to NI drag act in defamation settlement linked to children’s story time row"

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Fundraiser in support of children in Gaza - this Saturday, 3-7pm, in Rostrevor. Pleased to have been asked to speak. Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/pales...

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

New Police Ombudsman report makes for shocking reading. A 14-year-old girl was among the 36 victims of predatory behaviour by male PSNI officers - many identified as 'sharks' - accused of abuse of position for sexual purposes. More accountability is needed - including dismissals and prosecutions.

Report: Abuse of Position for Sexual Purposes by PSNI Officers -Analysis and Emerging Findings

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Donald Trump’s very own Black and Tans are out of control My platform piece in today's @irishnews.com Link: www.irishnews.com/news/world/d...

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

JOB ALERT! If you want to strengthen human rights protections in Northern Ireland, come work with us (I'm on the Board) at the Human Rights Consortium in a new role of Human Rights Advocacy and Research Officer. Info: www.humanrightsconsortium.org/job-advertis...

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has pledged to arrest Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu if he comes to NYC. The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in 2024. He is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Image: clip from Guardian newspaper, Sep 13 2025

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Sunday World journalist Hugh Jordan has revealed he is one of the 8 journalists now known to have had their telephone data accessed by the PSNI. All almost certainly unlawfully. He was informed by Angus McCullough KC, who has investigated PSNI use of covert surveillance powers.

Sunday World article: summary -- The Sunday World’s Hugh Jordan was informed this week that he was one of eight reporters who had been spied on by the PSNI. Today the veteran reporter says the authorities should always remember that journalism isn’t a crime.

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

This Thursday evening Shimna College in Newcastle, Co Down will host a very timely lecture by former International Criminal Court judge Sir Howard Morrison KC: The International Rule of Law in a Changing World Order Free tickets: www.shimnaintegratedcollege.org/post/gordon-...

Judge Howard Morrison enters a courtroom at the International Criminal Court – © ICC-CPI

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

The report of the McCullough Review into PSNI covert surveillance of journalists, lawyers and others will be published on Wednesday 24 September, 11:30am. More: www.mcculloughreview.org/news/arrange...

McCullough Review: Arrangements for publication of the Review report on Wednesday 24 September 2025

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The most telling aspect of Donald Trump's state visit to the UK is that it's all taking place behind closed doors, walls and high barriers designed to keep ordinary people out of sight. Speaks volumes.

Screenshot of BBC report: Trump visit will be out of sight of public.
Photo caption: Security fences have been set up in front of Windsor Castle

There have been protesters in Windsor with anti-Trump placards while US flags are hung along the high street in welcome.

But the visiting president won’t see either opponents or supporters, because the visit is going to take place entirely away from the public.

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Latest hearing in the PSNI covert surveillance of journalists scandal will take place today, 10:30am at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, London. This time it involves well-known journalists Vincent Kearney, Chris Moore and BBC vs PSNI, the Met, MI5 and others. #PressFreedom

Text: IN THE INVESTIGATORY POWERS TRIBUNAL

At 10:30am

BETWEEN

(1) MR VINCENT KEARNEY

(2) BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION

CLAIMANTS

and

THE CHIEF CONSTABLE OF THE POLICE SERVICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND and OTHERS

RESPONDENT

And

MR CHRISTOPHER DAVID SAMUEL MOORE

CLAIMANTS

and

THE CHIEF CONSTABLE OF THE POLICE SERVICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND and OTHERS

RESPONDENT

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

There are 2938 publications on the Department of Education NI website, some of them going back to the 1980s. But it is a research report about the experiences of LGBT pupils in NI post-primary schools that the Department has chosen to delete to keep the site 'up to date'. 🤔

Screenshot of list of documents from the 1980s on the NI Department of Education website

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

🏳️‍🌈 Want to read the research on experiences of LGBT pupils in NI schools which Minister Paul Givan says has been removed from Department of Education website 'to ensure the information is up to date'? You can still (at least for now) download it from the Department website: tinyurl.com/4dh78t78

Front cover of research report: POST-PRIMARY SCHOOL EXPERIENCES OF 16-21 YEAR OLD PEOPLE WHO ARE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND/OR TRANSGENDER (LGBT)

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Given that around a quarter of those arrested (14 out of 53) were children, the % of adult male racist rioters previously reported to the police for domestic violence is even greater than the 36% reported here.

"In the ensuing days of violent disorder, described by police as "racist thuggery", families were burned out of their homes and more than 100 police officers were injured.

Around a quarter of those arrested (14) were aged under 18.

According to police data, minors are statistically rare perpetrators of domestic abuse, accounting for less than 4% of cases each year.

Last month, The Detail reported that almost half of those arrested for the August 2024 race riots in Belfast had previously been reported for domestic abuse. Nine of the 48 people arrested were minors."

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Remember those 'defenders of women and girls'...? One in three arrested for Ballymena racist riots had been reported for domestic abuse - @thedetailtv.bsky.social @lukejbutterly.bsky.social

Image of racist violence with headline: One in three arrested for Ballymena riots had been reported for domestic abuse - screenshot from The Detail article by Luke Butterly

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

For context: Policy Exchange is among the least transparent think tanks in the UK regarding its funding sources. Co-founder and first chairman Michael Gove wrote a pamphlet in 2000 comparing the Good Friday Agreement to the appeasement of the Nazis in the 1930s.

Headline from Belfast Telegraph: Claims NI peace deal stops UK leaving ECHR ‘entirely groundless’ – think tank

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Grim. The absence of political leadership in defence of our neighbours is so depressing.

Photo by Kevin Scott showing a house door in Ballymena with stickers of flags, including one proclaiming 'Filipino lives here'

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Protest is not a threat to democracy. Protest is democracy in action. Today we protested in Belfast against Israel's genocide in Gaza. We are part of a global movement that refuses to be cowed, refuses to be silent. Text of my speech here: www.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/belfas...

Patrick Corrigan of Amnesty International speaking at a protest against Israel's genocide in Gaza. The protest took place outside Barclays Bank in Belfast. Image shows a protestor and a police officer in the background. Photograph courtesy of Brendan Harkin.

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The UK government has locked up files on Kincora until 2065 & 2085. Veteran investigative journalist Chris Moore’s new book, ‘Kincora: Britain’s Shame’, launched last night in a packed Duke of York bar, means we don’t have to wait until then. #mustread

Trevor Birney and Chris Moore in conversation at book launch

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Excellent news. Thank you @nationaltrust.org.uk This 'gondola' half-way up Slieve Donard is an environmental disaster waiting to happen. Time to pull the plug, Newry Mourne & Down Council.

Irish News - National Trust move puts Mournes gondola in doubt
JOHN MANLEY POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT

PLANS to build a cable car and visitor centre on the slopes of Slieve Donard have suffered a significant setback with the National Trust pausing its engagement with the council behind the project.

Without the trust’s approval, Newry Mourne and Down District Council’s multi-million-pound flagship project cannot be built.

The conservation charity’s move comes as it emerged that it was forced to submit a freedom of information request to the council and the Department for the Economy in an effort to secure the full business case for the controversial venture, which it stresses it does not endorse.

The trust, which owns Thomas’s Quarry where the planned visitor centre would be located, last year signed a memorandum of understanding with the council, yet to date it has not received the requested document.

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Q. What do you think are the greatest threats facing humanity today? A. I'd say it's a draw between global warming and fascism. The fearless #JoanBaez @joancbaezofficial.bsky.social on #IWD2025 – my interview from her recent visit to Ireland, in current issue of @amnestyuk.bsky.social magazine.

'Making a noise' - interview of Joan Baez and accompanying images from double-page spread in the Spring 2025 issue of Amnesty magazine

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

6 of the 8 highest monthly levels of race hate incidents *since records began in 2004* were recorded between May and October 2024. Hate crimes now represent more than 1 in 50 of all crimes in Northern Ireland. More: www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Front cover of report:
PSNI and NISRA
Incidents and Crimes with a Hate Motivation Recorded by the Police
in Northern Ireland
Update to 31st December 2024

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

President Trump’s eagerness to help Israel accelerate their genocide in Gaza is an affront to the conscience of humanity. I will be speaking at this demo outside the US Consulate in Belfast on Saturday.

Image of a poster advertising a march and rally.

Text - Tell Trump: Hands off Gaza! No to ethnic cleansing. No to US occupation. End US support for Israel's genocide. Gaza is not for sale.

Saturday 1 March.
1pm gather at Queen's University Belfast. March to US Consulate.

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The United States has sided with Russia at the UN General Assembly to vote against a Ukrainian resolution condemning Russian aggression and calling for the withdrawal of Russian troops. Other No votes: Russia, North Korea, Israel, Belarus... This is where we are now.

Table showing how UNGA members voted on the Ukraine resolution.

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

A reminder that Vladimir Putin is a wanted man, currently at large, with an arrest warrant issued by the international criminal court for war crimes in occupied Ukraine.

The international criminal court in The Hague issued arrest warrants against Vladimir Putin and Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova.
Photograph: Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock via The Guardian - link: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/mar/17/vladimir-putin-icc-arrest-warrant-kremlin-russia-spin

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Who funds Policy Exchange? Funding transparency website Who Funds You? has given Policy Exchange an E grade, the lowest transparency rating (rating goes from A to E). Transparify ranked Policy Exchange as one of the least transparent think tanks in UK in relation to funding.

How transparent are think tanks - UK results table from Transparify. Table shows Amnesty International and various other groups ranked as 'highly transparent' and Policy Exchange as one of the three least transparent, 'highly opaque' think tanks in UK in relation to funding.

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Journalist Allison Morris @belfasttelegraph.co.uk tells Commons NI Affairs Committee that she suffers regular violent threats from paramilitary organisations, and is also concerned that she has been subject to covert PSNI surveillance - a dual threat to #pressfreedom in Northern Ireland.

Allison Morris giving evidence to the NI Affairs Committee

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Journalist Trevor Birney calls for a public inquiry into the PSNI surveillance of journalists, saying their experience shows that you cannot trust the police to 'mark their own homework'. House of Commons NI Affairs Committee evidence session this morning. #pressfreedom

Image of witnesses at the NI Affairs Committee evidence session.

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Americans in Belfast are joining the '50 states, 50 protests' US-wide protest planned for Wednesday against the policies of the new Trump administration. I've been sent the following information.

Resist Trump and Musk. Protect liberty. Reject US fascism at home and abroad.
Wednesday 5th February, 16:30. Assemble at the US Consulate, Belfast.
In every American city, citizens will protest the dangerous and unconstitutional actions of an Administration that threatens world security and human rights.
Stand with them here.

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Forty journalists and lawyers make complaints to PSNI snooping review - @irishnews.com McCullough probe publishes progress report. The McCullough Review was established last year after it emerged that police has been spying on journalists.

Forty journalists and lawyers make complaints to PSNI snooping review

A review set up to investigate PSNI snooping operations has received around 50 responses.

The McCullough Review was established last year after it emerged that police has been spying on journalists.

The review, headed by London based barrister Angus McCullough KC, is focused on journalists, lawyers and non-governmental organisations, while the Policing Board and Police Ombudsman also fall under its terms of reference.

In a report to the policing board last year the PSNI admitted making 823 applications for communications data for journalists and lawyers over a 13-year period from 2011-2024.

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Joe Biden’s legacy. After five decades of political life, one ‘achievement’ stands out above all others. He enabled a genocide. All else pales in comparison.

Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu - with scene of devastation of Gaza in background

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Christmas in Palestine. For the children of Gaza and all victims of war. Photo: Rev. Dr. @MuntherIsaac, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Bethlehem, 2023.

Baby Jesus wrapped in a black-and-white checkered keffiyeh, lying in a pile of rubble at the side of the altar in Bethlehem’s Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, 2023.

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Thanks to Bill Shipsey of Art for Human Rights for the opportunity to talk activism and human rights today with living legend Joan Baez. Pictured below holding Seamus Heaney's powerful poem, From the Republic of Conscience, written for @amnesty.org in 1985 - at the @shhomeplace.bsky.social Bellaghy

Patrick Corrigan and Joan Baez, pictured holding a framed copy of Seamus Heaney's poem, From the Republic of Conscience, written for Amnesty International in 1985 - at the Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Bellaghy.

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

NEW: Amnesty International has carried out an extensive investigation and found that Israeli authorities are committing #genocide against Palestinians in the occupied #Gaza Strip. Read the full 296-page report: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Scene of devastation in Gaza, with the text: 'This is genocide'

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Patrick Corrigan @patrick-corrigan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Took less than 24 hours on Bluesky to be on the receiving end of an anonymous troll! Already feels like home. 😂

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