Index on Censorship » flegs http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » flegs http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Northern Ireland: bullet sent to journalist http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2013/01/northern-ireland-letter-with-bullet-sent-to-journalist-after-reporting-on-unrest/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2013/01/northern-ireland-letter-with-bullet-sent-to-journalist-after-reporting-on-unrest/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:08:52 +0000 Sara Yasin http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=43622 Bullets were sent to a journalist and politician in Northern Ireland this weekend, as tensions continue to rise over a controversial decision last month to only fly the Union flag over Belfast City Hall on specific days rather than year round. Local police intercepted a letter with a bullet intended for a Belfast-based journalist who [...]

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]]> were sent to a journalist and politician in Northern Ireland this weekend, as tensions continue to rise over a controversial decision last month to only fly the Union flag over Belfast City Hall on specific days rather than year round. Local police intercepted a letter with a bullet intended for a Belfast-based journalist who had reported on loyalist protests. A bullet and sympathy card addressed to Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) assembly member Patsy McGlone were also intercepted by Royal Mail over the weekend. Last month a pipe bomb was planted outside of the home of a Northern Ireland press photographer.

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