“These are not just operational challenges; they are indicators of a broader failure to protect the rights and safety of minority communities”

Officials fear widespread unrest amid violence and intimidation of ethnic minorities Northern Ireland faces a “permacrisis” from recurring race riots and may need to use military bases to shelter people burnt out of their homes, government documents reveal. Officials fear the region faces prolonged instability and that a single incident, local or international, could spark widespread disorder. Continue reading...

“These are not just operational challenges; they are indicators of a broader failure to protect the rights and safety of minority communities”

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Amnesty International has accused the UK government of “genocide denial” and warned it could be complicit in war crimes if arms exports to Israel continue

Police were expected to flag any journalist surveillance during annual inspections

“They use the language of ‘violence against women and girls’ as a smokescreen to cover for the racism"

The figures for Northern Ireland – 48% - were higher than the UK average (41%).

Martin Butcher, Oxfam’s policy advisor on arms and conflict, said that the unique set up of the F-35 programme means it is "absolutely" the case that parts produced in the UK - including Northern Irel...

Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland director, said what The Detail had uncovered was of “serious concern”.

Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland director, said what The Detail had uncovered was of “serious concern”.

“No one is trying to do them any cause or damage by putting that sign up, it's just an expression of our love for our language, our love for our place names."

The minimum age of criminal responsibility in Northern Ireland is 10 – one of the lowest in Europe.

Between October 2018 and March 2023, police reported an estimated 29 migrant victims and witnesses of crime each day to the Home Office

Senior police officers have highlighted paramilitary involvement in racist attacks.

There were 234 reported race hate crimes in August 2024 - the highest on record.

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Sophie Rodgers, from Randalstown, Co Antrim, has the mental age of a 10-year-old

An average of 215 households are accepted as homeless due to intimidation each year - a drop in the ocean compared to the 47,000 applicants people on the social housing waiting list.

One survivor said vital files on her care have been lost

Since 2001, the IPT has looked at 4,073 complaints against the various intelligence agencies and has only found in favour of complainants in 1% (47) of those cases

The Detail editor Trevor Birney and former Detail journalist Barry McCaffrey have made British legal history today

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