# Internment

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Gerry Adams: 'It's up to the UK government now to address the cases of other internees'

Gerry Adams welcomes the UK Supreme Court quashing today of his conviction for attempted Maze Prison escapes in the 1970s.

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May 13th 2020, 7:49 PM

# China

New leaks show Uighur community detained in camps because of their religion

A database profiles the internment of 311 individuals and their relatives abroad.

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Feb 17th 2020, 9:50 PM

# Internment

Young man in critical condition after being stabbed near bonfire in Belfast

A second man was also stabbed, and two men have been arrested.

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Updated Aug 9th 2019, 10:15 AM

# Internment

PSNI: Crowds 'cheered' as police officers fell injured in violent clashes over Belfast bonfire

Sinn Féin and SDLP politicians have raised concerns over anti-internment bonfires in recent days.

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Updated Aug 8th 2019, 7:35 PM

# Ballymurphy Massacre

Inquest opens into the deaths of 10 people shot by British soldiers in August 1971

A fresh inquest into the deaths was ordered in 2011.

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Nov 12th 2018, 4:28 PM

# The Maze

Gerry Adams launches bid to have his convictions for trying to escape internment overturned

It is Adams’ case that the detention was unlawful, so the escapes could not be.

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Jan 16th 2018, 7:57 PM

# Belfast

Pictures: Republican fires burn to mark the anniversary of internment without trial

This was the second night in a row that youths reportedly clashed with police in Belfast.

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Aug 9th 2017, 8:01 AM

# Fortaleza

Brazil's forgotten history of imprisoning citizens fleeing drought in concentration camps

Extreme droughts in the South American country in the early 20th century saw the government interning rural peasants fleeing the disaster.

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Feb 25th 2017, 12:30 PM

# jailed without trial

New evidence proves the UK tortured interned men during The Troubles, says Ireland

The State wants a European Court of Human Rights decision overturned.

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Dec 2nd 2014, 4:11 PM

# Clashes

Two injured during anti-internment parade in Belfast

One officer and a members of the public sustained minor injuries in the parade which saw thousands take to the streets.

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Aug 11th 2014, 8:20 AM

# Support

Dublin City Council votes for an arms and trade embargo on Israel

The DCC wants the Irish Government to follow suit.

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Jul 15th 2014, 8:26 AM

# Northern Ireland

Secret British papers reveal secret 1970s interrogation centre in Derry

The Pat Finucane Centre says that the British Government intentionally misled the European Commission over the interrogation centre in Ballykelly.

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Aug 6th 2013, 8:15 AM

# WWI

German POWs were once held at what is now Garda College

New radio doc explores life in Templemore for prisoners during WWI: “Prisoners were free to walk to Mass every Sunday and could purchase cigarettes and chocolate.”

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Jul 21st 2013, 9:15 AM

# US Census

US set to release previously undisclosed 1940 census data

Historians say that records of 132m people will offer new details about a transformative decade in America amid the Great Depression recovery.

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Mar 18th 2012, 3:57 PM

# WWII

In pictures: America's WWII internment camp for Japanese-Americans

Seventy years ago this month, the US began sending thousands of its citizens into an internment camp in Manzanar, California.Here are Ansel Adams’ photos of that camp.

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Mar 3rd 2012, 12:00 PM

# Spitfire

Wreckage of WWII Spitfire raised from Donegal bog

An American pilot was aboard the Spitfire when it came down in a Donegal bog. He bailed out from the plane, but it has remained beneath the surface for 70 years.

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Jun 28th 2011, 6:12 PM

# Northern Ireland

Bishop pushes for inquiry into army killings

Calls for Bloody Sunday-style inquiry into the Ballymurphy killings of 1971.

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Jul 30th 2010, 9:48 PM