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01 December 1997

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Clarity must be the cornerstone of a new peace process Gerry Adams MP. An Phoblacht/Republican News 3.7.97. pp9-11. Statement by Sinn Fein MP Gerry Adams on the steps that need to be taken to rebuild the peace process: "Sinn Fein wants fundamental change deep and far reaching especially on constitutional, democratic and economic issues."

Pride in community response Peader Whelan. An Phoblacht/Republican News 10.7.97. pp5-9. Extensive piece on the brutal police/army operation to impose a curfew on the residents of the Garvaghy Road Portadown in order to allow a Loyalist march through the area.

Issues in terrorism research John Horgan. Police Journal Vol LXX No. 3 (July-September) 1997 pp193-202. This academic article focuses on the IRA and promotes "a psychological approach to terrorism" ie. one that necessitates interviews.

Just News Vol. 12 No. 6 (June) 1997 pp8. The latest copy of the Bulletin of the Committee on the Administration of Justice contains pieces on policing human rights and accountability in northern Ireland a proposed Human Rights Commission and the draft Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.

Backward march Kevin Daley. Red Pepper No. 38 (July) 1997 pp18- 19. Article on recent triumphalist Loyalist marches through nationalist areas of northern Ireland that includes interviews with local residents.

Cruel inhuman or degrading treatment: detention of Roisin McAliskey. Amnesty International April 1997 (EUR 45/08/97) 6pp. Report by Amnesty on the detention without charge of Roisin McAliskey that amounts "cruel inhuman or degrading treatment".

Why I let the parade go through Drumcree Ronnie Flanagan. Police 12.8.97. pp7-8. The Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary gives his reasons for permitting triumphalist Loyalist parades to march through nationalist areas of northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland: The policing of diversity. Stephen Ulph, International Police Review September/October 1997 p61

Uninformative interview with the RUC Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan in which he claims that the RUC "played a significant role in bringing about the declaration of the ceasefire in 1994 and...today."

Parliamentary debates

Northern Ireland Commons 25.6.97. cols. 847-860 Northern Ireland Lords 25.6.97. cols. 1578-1591 Public Order (Northern Ireland) 26.6.97. cols. 1034-1056 Northern Ireland Commons 30.6.97. cols. 50-72

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