Ballymurphy Massacre – Inquest Opens

Today had been listed for many months as the opening of the new inquest into the Ballymurphy Massacre, when 11 people were killed by...

Launch of Relatives for Justice Family Report into the killings of...

Press Statement Relatives for Justice (RFJ) in conjunction with the families of Patrick Mulvenna and Jim Bryson, who were shot and killed by the British...

Europe Ministers highly critical of UK legacy proposals

As part of our continued engagement with international human rights bodies, RFJ submitted a report to the Committee of Ministers – the decision-making body...

Springhill Inquest: MoD attempts to smear Springhill/Westrock community challenged

The Springhill Inquest continued today, Tuesday the 7th of November. No witnesses were called; instead, Coroner Scoffield heard legal arguments regarding criminal background checks into...

Paul Topper Thompson Remembered

By RFJ CEO Mark Thompson The large crowd in attendance yesterday, in rain and windswept Belfast, for the 25th anniversary of the UDA murder of...

Relatives for Justice Submission to Committee of Ministers March 2019

Please find a copy of Relatives for Justice submission to the Committee of Ministers at the Council of Europe here CoM CoE Submission March...

Response to NIO statement re Political Negotiations

Statement by RFJ Director Mark Thompson in response to the statement by the NIO this morning regarding the funding of legacy inquests and a...

Pat Finucane: The Campaign for an Independent Public Inquiry

Mark Thompson has written a document as an update on the campaign for an independent public inquiry into the murder of human rights solicitor...

CAJ statement on failure to address the past and attacks on...

Please see the link to a statement by our colleagues at CAJ concerning the recent announcement by the UK SoS for the North, Mr....

Damian Walsh 30th anniversary speech by Mark Thompson

The truth carries a weight that lies cannot counterfeit   Mark Thompson – 25th March 2023   Speech at the 30th anniversary of the murder of Damian Walsh...