At 10.30am today, the Patrick Finucane Inquiry will hold a preliminary hearing at Bradford Court, Belfast.
You can view proceedings online on the Inquiry YouTube channel https://t.co/8r2ZwFY2Yv
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Geraldine Finucane, widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, hails the announced public inquiry as a "watershed moment" for legacy cases, expressing hope that it will uncover the full truth behind her husband's 1989 killing.
STATEMENT OF GERALDINE FINUCANE
I welcome the announcement of the Secretary of State in the House of Commons today, that an independent statutory public inquiry will be established into the murder of my husband, Patrick Finucane. After 35 years of campaigning for such an inquiry, I believe this announcement represents a significant step forward for my family in our fight to uncover all of the circumstances behind Pat’s murder.
It has been a long journey to get to the point where the establishment of an independent public inquiry has finally become a reality. I look forward to having the opportunity to participate in a statutory inquiry and expose publicly the whole truth behind the murder of my husband.
This has always been the objective of the campaign that my family and I have pursued for 35 years. We have only ever been concerned with uncovering the truth. It is this that has kept us going. It is the thing that has been missing, all these years. We did not believe that his murder was simply the work of gunmen who killed him. We had no confidence that police investigations would ever bring those truly responsible to justice. We were not satisfied with private, limited reviews from which we were excluded. We could not and did not accept the assurances of previous British governments that they were anxious to set the record straight, because they were never prepared to do so in public.
An independent, statutory public inquiry is and was the only way to bring the whole truth behind the murder of Pat Finucane into the light of day.
The journey to this point is not one that my family and I have had to endure alone. Indeed, we would never have succeeded without the assistance and support and encouragement of so many people over the years. I could not begin to thank them all by name here today. So many people, all over the world, were willing to give generously of their time and talent again and again. I want to record my heartfelt thanks and gratitude to each and every one of them. We would not be here today without them.
However, I would like to single out one person out for special mention, and that is Peter Madden. Peter was my husband’s business partner and friend, throughout Pat’s all-too-short legal career. He has been a source of unending strength and resilience. I cannot thank him enough for what he has done for my family, or, indeed, the entire legal team that has represented us so fearlessly and brilliantly in our fight for a public inquiry.
Most of all, I believe this inquiry can be a watershed moment in the difficult subject of legacy in this part of our island. If a public inquiry in to the murder of Pat Finucane can finally publicly examine all of the collusion that plagued our society for so many years, then there is hope that the real process of healing can begin. The murder of Pat Finucane is the last remaining Weston Park case. It is high time it was properly investigated, publicly examined, and finally resolved.
I believe that my family deserve this after so many years. Pat Finucane deserves this after so many years. Society as a whole deserves this, after so many years.
After 35 years of cover-ups, it is time for truth.
Today is for my father, Pat Finucane.
The announcement that there will now be a public inquiry into his murder is very much welcomed by our family.
Led by my mother Geraldine, we have campaigned for decades to uncover the truth behind my father’s murder.
I want to thank every person who has supported our campaign throughout those years. Today belongs to us all.
After 35 years of cover-ups, it is now time for truth.
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🇵🇸🇮🇱 HAMAS FULL STATEMENT:
13 Oct. 2023
Press release
We adamantly reject to be expelled from our homes once again.
We will resist Israel’s attempt to ethnically cleanse Gaza.
Our unwavering determination is to resist Israel’s pursuit of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, firmly resolved to prevent a second Nakba from unfolding.
The current developments in Gaza represent an extraordinarily audacious and brutal endeavor to forcibly remove the Palestinian indigenous people from their land.
Israel has publicly declared its plan to commit genocide against Palestinians.
The Zionist entity, supported by Western governments, has conducted a war of intense bombardment, releasing more than 6,000 bombs upon Gaza within the past week.
Nearly 500 children have been tragically killed as a result of the intense bombardment, carried out by the Zionist entity.
They have targeted mosques, a church, educational institutions, residences, and medical facilities with bombings, yet it is our people who are erroneously branded as terrorists.
Today, we have seen the mobilization of millions in the Arab and Muslim world, extending their support to the courageous Palestinians in Gaza.
We express our heartfelt gratitude for their solidarity and implore them to continue, urging them to march to the borders and play their part in this historic juncture that promises the restoration of our freedom and the dignity of all Arabs and Muslims.
To our allies living in western countries, the free noble people of those societies.
You too have a role to play, to pressure your governments to abandon their support to Netanyahu and his fascist government.
To correct the lies of the media, lift this barbaric siege on our people.
Yes what the Zionists are doing is inhumane, it is unprecedented, it is barbaric and contravenes all the laws and treaties that the so-called free and democratic countries claim they believe in.
But our resolve is unbreakable. We will not surrender our legitimate fight for freedom and self-determination. We will either live standing tall or we will die fighting.
Izzat Alrisheq
Member of the political bureau of Hamas
D’eagraigh roinnt daltaí léirsiú ar son na siochána agus na córa ar an Phalaistín inné, ag léiriú an chroí mhóir dhaonnúil atá acu agus an dáimh atá acu leis an chosmhuintir ar fud an domhain.
The British Government remains in breach of its legal obligation to carry out a human rights-compliant investigation into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, a High Court judge has ruled. https://t.co/4f3zUJdPeD
This is a great result for our family today. The arrogance of the British government's failure to accept the Supreme Court decision in 2019 has been laid bare. We should not have had to be put through yet another court battle but today they were rightly held accountable.
On this day in 1973 I was interned without trial by her majesty's government as a 16yr old boy. Three others aged 15, 16 and 17 were interned alongside me. Our human rights entitlements were denied us. British democracy at its best. TÁL.