Police inappropriately obtained search warrants to raid the homes of two Northern Irish investigative journalists, a court has concluded, in a case that has raised concerns about press freedom in the UK. Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey highlighted apparent collusion between the police and suspected murderers in the 1994 Loughinisland massacre, where six Catholic men were killed by masked Ulster Volunteer Force killers. Read in full.
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Raids on two Northern Irish journalists’ homes had ‘inappropriate’ warrants, court says (The Guardian, 29/5/2019)
The two reporters, Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, had been investigating the 1994 Loughinisland massacre
29 May 19
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