Ulster Catholics under siege.Belfast--The current accepted wisdom that the peace process in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. is progressing under the devolved government is given the lie by reports from the Finucane Human Rights Centre in Derry. On January 11, the Royal Ulster Constabulary The Royal Ulster Constabulary GC (RUC) (Irish: Constáblacht Ríoga Ulaidh) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. It was founded on 1 June 1922 out of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC). (RUC RUC Royal Ulster Constabulary: a former name for the Police Service of Northern Ireland RUC n abbr (= Royal Ulster Constabulary) → fuerza de policía en Irlanda del Norte RUC (Brit ) reported 31 pipe bomb attacks on Catholics since October 2000, a number which has since increased. "In the space of four days in January, pipe bombs were thrown through the windows of seven Catholic homes in Lame and Ballymena--sometimes when women and children were sleeping inside." Catholic churches have continued to be attacked and burnt. Local Catholics attribute this violence to Loyalist members of the UVF UVF Ulster Volunteer Force UVF St Lucia, Saint Lucia - Hewanorra (Airport Code) (Ulster Volunteer Force The Ulster Volunteer Force (more commonly referred to as the UVF) is a Loyalist group in Northern Ireland. The current incarnation was formed in May 1966 as a paramilitary group and named after the Ulster Volunteers of 1912, although there is no direct connection between ). Anti-Catholic violence has been given very little space in the British media over the last 30 years. It prefers to concentrate on Republican atrocities. When Catholics turn to the RUC for protection they find them wanting just as in the 1960s and 70s. Then they were burnt out of their houses and churches; today they are being bombed out. (The Universe, April 28). |
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