That this House notes that the bereaved families of Pat Finucane, Rosemary Nelson, Robert Hamill and Billy Wright have been contacted by Justice Peter Cory and informed that he has recommended a public inquiry into each of their four deaths; recalls that following the Weston Park Agreement in 2001, Judge Cory was appointed jointly by British and Irish governments to examine allegations of collusion in six deaths and to assess whether there was sufficient evidence in each case to merit a publi...
That this House notes that Thursday 15th March marks the second anniversary of the death of human rights lawyer, Rosemary Nelson, killed as a result of a bomb explosion beneath her car in Lurgan, County Armagh; notes that to date nobody has been brought to justice for her murder; notes that in the months before her death, Ms Nelson's professional work representing the interests of the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition, the family of murder victim Robert Hamill, the miscarriage of justice vic...
That this House regrets that one year since the murder of Northern Ireland human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson, her murderers have not been brought to justice; and joins Amnesty International and other human rights organisations in calling for an independent judicial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding her murder.
That this House congratulates the Northern Ireland Law Society on the decision of its special annual general meeting to add its authority and voice to calls for an independent investigation into the circumstances and allegations of collusion arising from the murders of solicitors Patrick Finucane in 1989 and of Rosemary Nelson in 1999; notes that similar motions have already been adopted by the Bar Council of Northern Ireland and by Law Societies in England and Wales and in the Republic of Ir...
That this House is deeply concerned that since the re-routing of the Drumcree Orange Order parade in July 1998, the residents of the Garvaghy Road area of Portadown have seen their solicitor, Rosemary Nelson murdered and been subjected to a virtually continuous series of legal and illegal pro-Orange Order protests in which one police officer has been murdered by Loyalists, local residents have been injured or forced to leave their homes and Catholic businesses have been destroyed by arsonists...
That this House, following the Report of the Independent Commission for Police Complaints allegations of RUC harassment of the late Mrs Rosemary Nelson, a solicitor noted for her work for human rights, notes that the IPC found RUC officers were 'hostile, evasive and disinterested' in connection with the enquiry and supports her husband Paul's comments that 'if the ICPC had no confidence in the ability of the RUC to investigate death threats against Rosemary how can my family be expected to ha...
That this House is appalled at the murder of Rosemary Nelson by a car bomb; recognises her great work for human rights and justice; recalls her enormous support for the residents of Garvaghy Road; and hopes that peace and justice come to Ireland to prevent further loss of life.
That this House extends its deepest condolences to the family of human rights solicitor Rosemary Nelson and expresses its utter abhorrence at her barbaric murder on 15th March; notes that Rosemary Nelson had complained that RUC officers had made death threats against her, stating to the International Operations and Human Rights Sub-committee of the United States House International Relations Committee hearing on Human Rights in Northern Ireland on 29th September 1998 that 'my clients have rep...