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Yes, @christineburns, it's v fine work. Excellent research, huge scope, perceptive overview, & broad historical understanding. A stark contrast to the glib ignorance of nearly all the UK media.
I expected setbacks for trans rights. But until ~2016 I never imagined the possibility of full-spectrum dominance muting us and our allies. #UKSC unanimous collusion in FWS's fakery is a landmark legal failure rivaling Denning's infamous "appalling vista" dismissal of torture of the #BirminghamSix.
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@aral as an Irish woman, I am completely shocked by the notion that "#BritishJustice" might be an #oxymoron.
The thought never occurred to #RobertEmmet, the #BirminghamSix, #GuilfordFour ... or indeed #LucyLetby.
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On this day in 1991, the #BirminghamSix—six Irish men originally from #Belfast—were released after 16 years of wrongful imprisonment. Their convictions were quashed in a landmark victory for justice. This case remains a major legal milestone, highlighting the power of public campaigning and human rights in #Ireland. Learn more on Vicipéid.
🔗 GA: https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seisear_Birmingham
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Michael Mansfield ... law talking guy ...
(classic underachiever (in my opinion))
A #BritishRepublican,[2] #vegetarian, #socialist [3] and self-described "radical lawyer",[4] he has participated in prominent and controversial court cases and inquests including the Birmingham Six, #BloodySundayMassacre, the #HillsboroughDisaster and the deaths of #JeanCharlesDeMenezes and Princess Diana[5] and the #McLibel case.
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The forensic evidence was shown to be unreliable and there was evidence that the police had forged notes of interviews and had given false evidence at the original trial. Home Secretary, Kenneth Baker, accepted that this was the third case of a miscarriage of justice involving Irish people in the previous 18 months. 2/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BirminghamSix #MiscarriagesOfJustice
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On 14th Match 1991 the Birmingham Six: Paddy Joe Hill, Hugh Callaghan, Richard McIlkenny, Gerry Hunter, Billy Power and Johnny Walker are released from jail after their convictions for the murder of 21 people in two pubs are quashed by the Court of Appeal. The six had been found guilty on the basis of forensic evidence and confessions that the men claimed were beaten out of them. 1/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BirminghamSix #MiscarriagesOfJustice
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/30/birmingham-six-paddy-hill-dies-aged-80
See also Miscarriage Of Justice Organisation
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The forensic evidence was shown to be unreliable and there was evidence that the police had forged notes of interviews and had given false evidence at the original trial. Home Secretary, Kenneth Baker, accepted that this was the third case of a miscarriage of justice involving Irish people in the previous 18 months. 2/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BirminghamSix #MiscarriagesOfJustice
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On 14th Match 1991 the Birmingham Six: Paddy Joe Hill, Hugh Callaghan, Richard McIlkenny, Gerry Hunter, Billy Power and Johnny Walker are released from jail after their convictions for the murder of 21 people in two pubs are quashed by the Court of Appeal. The six had been found guilty on the basis of forensic evidence and confessions that the men claimed were beaten out of them. 1/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #BirminghamSix #MiscarriagesOfJustice
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CW: Politics - Bombing - Birmingham Six
On 24th November 1974 British police charged six people for the bombings in Birmingham on 21 November that killed twenty-one people. Hugh Callaghan, Paddy Hill, Gerry Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, Billy Power, and Johnny Walker were convicted of the bombings in 1975. It took sixteen years for the British legal system to accept that the convictions were unsafe.