PAT FINUCANE CENTRE
@finucanecentre.bsky.social
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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Nigel Farage's 'Project 2029': The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage's meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising the Reform leader while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agen...
bylinetimes.com
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/n... The revelations in this investigative piece about the role of ian Paisley Jr are interesting...
Not the ‘UK’ folks. The right to a jury trial was abolished here in the north of Ireland years ago. The imperial boomerang at work
The UK has gone from "We need to enshrine the right to jury trial in a British Bill of Rights" to "We need to abolish jury trial" in the space of about 3 years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Not the ‘UK’ folks. The right to a jury trial was abolished here in the north of Ireland years ago. The imperial boomerang at work
Happy to be one of the endorsing groups! Hold Israel to account. PFC
Look at this! 171 great civil society organisations and groups have endorsed our National March for Palestine on Saturday 29th, 1pm. Join us, let's show our government that we still demand sanctions on apartheid Israel and an end to our state's complicity in genocide #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Happy to be one of the endorsing groups! Hold Israel to account. PFC
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/n... The revelations in this investigative piece about the role of ian Paisley Jr are interesting...
Nigel Farage's 'Project 2029': The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage's meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising the Reform leader while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agen...
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/n... The revelations in this investigative piece about the role of ian Paisley Jr are interesting...
On RTE radio 1 now 9.05am Voices from Bloody Sunday in Dublin November 1920
November 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
On RTE radio 1 now 9.05am Voices from Bloody Sunday in Dublin November 1920
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Join the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) Workplace Day of Actions in solidarity with Palestine on November 28th! #SolidarityIsAVerb
More information here ➡️ www.ictu.ie/events/2025-...
More information here ➡️ www.ictu.ie/events/2025-...
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Join the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) Workplace Day of Actions in solidarity with Palestine on November 28th! #SolidarityIsAVerb
More information here ➡️ www.ictu.ie/events/2025-...
More information here ➡️ www.ictu.ie/events/2025-...
www.hindrajabfoundation.org/donate. The documentary The Voice of Hind Rajab showing at Foyle Film Festival tonight Thursday in Derry
THE HIND RAJAB FOUNDATION
www.hindrajabfoundation.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
www.hindrajabfoundation.org/donate. The documentary The Voice of Hind Rajab showing at Foyle Film Festival tonight Thursday in Derry
100% Colum. Most of the comments from 'local' MPs in the Commons were deeply sectarian and devoid of any compassion for the Bloody Sunday families. A shocking example of their lack of humanity.
Eastwood did not expect Para tweets and ‘fulsome support for Soldier F’ from MPs when he sat with devastated Bloody Sunday families
Eastwood did not expect Para tweets and ‘fulsome support for Soldier F’ from MPs when he sat with devastated Bloody Sunday families
Colum Eastwood has said he had not anticipated tweets of the Parachute Regiment insignia and the ‘fulsome support for Soldier F’ from MPs when he sat with the devastated Bloody Sunday families in cour...
www.derryjournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
100% Colum. Most of the comments from 'local' MPs in the Commons were deeply sectarian and devoid of any compassion for the Bloody Sunday families. A shocking example of their lack of humanity.
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Tomorrow & Tuesday Bahrain is up for scrutiny at the UN Committee Against Torture. Here’s a piece I’ve written about how accountability is elusive, but it can happen, & no Bahraini torturer should sleep easily
@drewerydyke.bsky.social @jongambrell.bsky.social
salam-dhr.org/long-road-to...
@drewerydyke.bsky.social @jongambrell.bsky.social
salam-dhr.org/long-road-to...
Long Road to Justice: Bahrain, Britain, El Salvador and Guatemala - SALAM DHR
On 17 November, the United Nations Comittee against Torture (CAT) will review the Government of Bahrain’s (GoB) adherence to Convention against Torture.
salam-dhr.org
November 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Tomorrow & Tuesday Bahrain is up for scrutiny at the UN Committee Against Torture. Here’s a piece I’ve written about how accountability is elusive, but it can happen, & no Bahraini torturer should sleep easily
@drewerydyke.bsky.social @jongambrell.bsky.social
salam-dhr.org/long-road-to...
@drewerydyke.bsky.social @jongambrell.bsky.social
salam-dhr.org/long-road-to...
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In Derry next Saturday afternoon Nov 22? Come for an hour at 2pm to the Museum of Free Derry
& learn more about connections between civil rights movements in Ireland & the US. It’s free, hosted by the Bloody Sunday Trust.
www.derrynow.com/news/local-n...
& learn more about connections between civil rights movements in Ireland & the US. It’s free, hosted by the Bloody Sunday Trust.
www.derrynow.com/news/local-n...
Bloody Sunday Trust hosting a meet the author ewith Brian Dooley
Author of 'Black and Green: The Fight for Civil Rights in Northern ireland and Black America' in Derry
www.derrynow.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In Derry next Saturday afternoon Nov 22? Come for an hour at 2pm to the Museum of Free Derry
& learn more about connections between civil rights movements in Ireland & the US. It’s free, hosted by the Bloody Sunday Trust.
www.derrynow.com/news/local-n...
& learn more about connections between civil rights movements in Ireland & the US. It’s free, hosted by the Bloody Sunday Trust.
www.derrynow.com/news/local-n...
'The subsequent inquiry established that many other soldiers had directly perpetrated abuse against Mousa and his co-detainees, and that many more had been aware of the abuse and failed to stop it. None of those soldiers have been prosecuted.'
👉NEW -- Forgotten photos expose UK army abuses in Iraq
by Irfan Chowdhury
Images never-before published by British media show hooded detainees in stress positions weeks before death of Baha Mousa in 2003.
www.declassifieduk.org/forgotten-ph...
by Irfan Chowdhury
Images never-before published by British media show hooded detainees in stress positions weeks before death of Baha Mousa in 2003.
www.declassifieduk.org/forgotten-ph...
Forgotten photos expose UK army abuses in Iraq
Images never-before published by British media show hooded detainees in stress positions weeks before death of Baha Mousa in 2003
www.declassifieduk.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
'The subsequent inquiry established that many other soldiers had directly perpetrated abuse against Mousa and his co-detainees, and that many more had been aware of the abuse and failed to stop it. None of those soldiers have been prosecuted.'
www.theguardian.com/media/live/2... If the BBC caves in to this reptile it really is time for a mass boycott of the TV license !!!!
Donald Trump threatens BBC with $1bn lawsuit as chair says speech edit was ‘error of judgment’ – latest updates
BBC chair Samir Shah apologises for way in which speech from US president was edited after corporation’s two most senior executives resign
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
www.theguardian.com/media/live/2... If the BBC caves in to this reptile it really is time for a mass boycott of the TV license !!!!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... ON ITV tonight Monday Nov 10th. Please share widely!
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... ON ITV tonight Monday Nov 10th. Please share widely!
www.theguardian.com/football/202... well done FAI!!!
Irish football chiefs pass vote seeking Uefa ban on Israel from European competition
The Football Association of Ireland has approved a resolution to submit a motion to Uefa urging it to ban Israeli clubs and the national team from its competitions
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
www.theguardian.com/football/202... well done FAI!!!
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The NIHRC has repeatedly had to fight in the courts to be able to do its job. If the Chief Commissioner can't raise rights issues in press interviews, this undermines its (statutory) public education role. This is a key GFA institution - it must not be muzzled:
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
Shankill bomb victim’s brother in court challenge against human rights chief’s comments
Gary Murray tackling Alyson Kilpatrick after she questioned objectivity of senior figures in legacy investigations body
www.irishnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The NIHRC has repeatedly had to fight in the courts to be able to do its job. If the Chief Commissioner can't raise rights issues in press interviews, this undermines its (statutory) public education role. This is a key GFA institution - it must not be muzzled:
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
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Piece out today in @justsecurity.org
by @suchitauppal.bsky.social & myself for @humanrightsfirst.org on the continuing battle for truth & accountability in n Ireland
@barrymalone.bsky.social @finucanecentre.bsky.social @museumfreederry.bsky.social #speirgorm
www.justsecurity.org/123679/legal...
by @suchitauppal.bsky.social & myself for @humanrightsfirst.org on the continuing battle for truth & accountability in n Ireland
@barrymalone.bsky.social @finucanecentre.bsky.social @museumfreederry.bsky.social #speirgorm
www.justsecurity.org/123679/legal...
Legal Progress Stalls for Northern Ireland Families
The coming months will show whether the UK has the political will to deliver long-overdue truth and justice in Northern Ireland.
www.justsecurity.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Piece out today in @justsecurity.org
by @suchitauppal.bsky.social & myself for @humanrightsfirst.org on the continuing battle for truth & accountability in n Ireland
@barrymalone.bsky.social @finucanecentre.bsky.social @museumfreederry.bsky.social #speirgorm
www.justsecurity.org/123679/legal...
by @suchitauppal.bsky.social & myself for @humanrightsfirst.org on the continuing battle for truth & accountability in n Ireland
@barrymalone.bsky.social @finucanecentre.bsky.social @museumfreederry.bsky.social #speirgorm
www.justsecurity.org/123679/legal...
Pretty shabby journalism, which will cost, from Newsletter, GB News, Daily Torygraph & Daily Mail who have all published a totally false story about a civilian shot by undercover Brit MRF soldiers in 1972. They are in real legal trouble...shame eh?
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November 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Pretty shabby journalism, which will cost, from Newsletter, GB News, Daily Torygraph & Daily Mail who have all published a totally false story about a civilian shot by undercover Brit MRF soldiers in 1972. They are in real legal trouble...shame eh?
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Bloody Sunday families say Soldier F's £4.3m defence bill negates Cameron's 2010 apology
Bloody Sunday families say Soldier F's £4.3m defence bill negates Cameron's 2010 apology
Soldier F was found not guilty of two murders and five attempted murders in Derry in 1972 following a judge-led trial at Belfast Crown Court
The UK Government paying millions to defend Soldier F “flies in the face” of former prime minister David Cameron’s apology to the Bloody Sunday victims,
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www.derrynow.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Bloody Sunday families say Soldier F's £4.3m defence bill negates Cameron's 2010 apology
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Just going to leave this here
October 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Just going to leave this here
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This is the evidence given by Joseph Mahon at the trial of Soldier F who wa found not guilty today. He was 16 when he was shot on Bloody Sunday, read it and digest the reality of British Justice when the victims aren’t classed as fully human
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is the evidence given by Joseph Mahon at the trial of Soldier F who wa found not guilty today. He was 16 when he was shot on Bloody Sunday, read it and digest the reality of British Justice when the victims aren’t classed as fully human
A psychopathic mass murderer walks free. No justice for Bloody Sunday.
October 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A psychopathic mass murderer walks free. No justice for Bloody Sunday.
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The brutalisation of IOF soldiers is truly shocking.
Israeli soldiers were filmed dragging and forcing two young Palestinian children to the ground, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
October 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The brutalisation of IOF soldiers is truly shocking.
