After very high ranking former IRA members disclosed how Sinn Fein and the IRA. Was subverting the judicial system. The people in Ulster have started to lose faith in the judicial system all together. Self proclaimed human rights lawyers that do nothing but push the revisionism, and objectives of the republican movement have no interest in justice or human rights at all. They do not pursue one single abuse of the human rights of victims or republican murderers. Not one! How can any judge or any DPP be deemed to be impartial on troubles related cases, based on trumped up allegations by a revisionist narrative. If they have refused to give allegiance to the crown. How can they be not seen to be supporting a nationalist agenda and not to have a nationalist leaning. How can they possibly be seen to be fair. One judge rips apart a revisionist version of events, inventing collusion between the police and murderers. And the subversion starts in earnest. How does a DPP who has worked for a law firm that had done everything to further the aims of the republican movement. Be allowed to have charges brought against former servicemen. When all other DPPs have refused to. Has this not been a case of subconscious bias. Or an example of the subversion of the judicial system in ulster to further the aims and objectives of IRA revisionism..
I am amazed, firstly, that such intemperate, intolerant comments are being subscribed to this topic and, secondly, that those who moderate this website seem content allow them to remain in place without any form of redaction being applied .
This is a sad demonstration that, despite all that has happened down the years, sectarianism survives in a largely undiluted form. Furthermore it indicates that the hatred of 'those who aren't like us' has continued to bubble away, just below the surface, and it has only taken the surge of Britain's recent populist movement to cause it to rise to the surface again and acquire a perverted 'respectability'.
'Human Rights Lawyer' has a particular connotation to the Republican movement in Northern Ireland. They are not neutral, but partisan and sectarian. This was proved by the letter sent to Leo Varadkar, Irish Prime Minister. There are a number of crimes committed by republican terrorists which fall within the definition of crimes against humanity. None of the so called 'human rights' law firms are even interested. The promotion of a narrow, exclusive, republican agenda, whilst ignoring the glaring sectarian hate crimes, is a travesty. The criticism referred to from what is a simpering, apologetic and pro-republican Northern Ireland media is justly deserved. If they can pick up on the glaring partiality, then the criticism has to be justified. The fact they are casting their net wider to garner support, shows the criticism is valid.
The last DPP who you have an article about has now returned to private practice. He has filed a motioning the high court for Justice McCloskey to consider removing himself because of possible perceived unconscious basis as he was represented the police in 2001 as a QC. This because the case was going towards the police officer. Yet he complains when others comment on him. Nothing in Northern Ireland is ever as it seems. If the action susceeds how can anyone of the NI bar ever work on legacy cases. How can any judge ever hear a case.
These lawyers are no more honest officers of the court than those activist academics in Social Science departments are impartial seekers of truth.
They are part and parcel of the Republican movement and as a previous commenter pointed out no different from a Mafia Consigliere.
The fact that such firms only defend Republicans accused of terrorist offences and never Loyalists puts paid to the lie that they are merely there to make sure that those accused of crimes are represented.
Rather in the same way that the likes of Phil Shiner,Birnbergs or Matrix Chambers are happy to defend Islamist terrorists but won't deal with English nationalists accused of crimes.
To Anon at 13.04
Your attitude is typical of what the lawyers are complaining about in the media. I imagine that you don't live in NI , don't understand the pressures lawyers in that jurisdiction are under and should show a bit more restraint in your comments. Anyone charged with a criminal offence is still entitled to legal representation, but the tone of your comment suggests that you think not.
This magazine was saying the much the same things about Phil Shiner a couple of years ago another "human rights lawyer".
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