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UK: Orgreave inquiry campaigners say the gloves are off

Topic
Policing
Country/Region
UK

01 November 2016

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"Campaign considers bid for judicial review of Amber Rudd’s refusal to investigate clashes between police and miners..

Campaigners for an inquiry into the “Battle of Orgreave” have declared that the gloves are off as they step up calls for a judge-led investigation into brutal clashes between police and mineworkers during the 1984 miners’ strike.

In a defiant press conference at the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) hall in Barnsley, campaigners said they were considering mounting a crowdfunded bid for a judicial review of Amber Rudd’s decision not to hold any kind of inquiry into the episode."

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