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Tag Archives: Jim Swire
Private Eye on the SCCRC’s Lockerbie decision
The following article appears in the latest issue of Private Eye: The recent decision of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) by the Scottish body that it would not be reviewing the case of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, has been met … Continue reading
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Tagged Jim Swire, John Ashton, Lockerbie, Megrahi, SCCRC, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, Tony Kelly
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Private Eye reports on Lockerbie and the shelving of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill
The latest edition of Private Eye (no. 1366) carries the following article. The Scottish government has quietly shelved for at least a year its controversial Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill, heading off an escalating row over the need for corroboration before … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill, crown office, Jim Swire, Lockerbie, Megrahi, SCCRC
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An open letter to Magnus Linklater
Dear Magnus, First of all, let’s keep this civil. People I respect assure me that you are a decent man. I don’t want to make an enemy of you, or things to get nasty. I’m writing to respond to a … Continue reading
Magnus Linklater and the ‘conspiracy theorist’ slur
Here we go again. In his column in last Friday’s Times, Magnus Linklater once again wrongly accused Abdelbaset’s supporters of alleging a grand conspiracy to convict him, involving judges, detectives and the intelligence agencies. As I’ve told Magnus before, that’s … Continue reading
Press coverage of ‘Scotland’s Shame: Why Lockerbie Still Matters’
The Herald 3 October The father of a young woman killed in the Lockerbie bombing warns the SNP’s hopes for the referendum will be adversely affected by Scotland’s failure to address major concerns about the prosecution and the trial. Dr … Continue reading
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Tagged crown office, Frank Mulholland, Jim Swire, John Ashton, Lockerbie, Lord Advocate, Megrahi, SCCRC, Scotland's Shame
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New press release
The following release has been sent out in the wake of this morning’s launch of Scotland’s Shame: Why Lockerbie Still Matters. Lockerbie 25th anniversary: Will Scotland head for independence with a justice system the country can’t believe in? Will the … Continue reading
Text of book launch press release
Lockerbie 25th anniversary: Bereaved father accuses Crown Office and Scottish Government of protecting murderers The greatest scandal of the post-devolution era “could threaten Scottish independence” The father of a woman killed in the Lockerbie bombing today makes his most outspoken … Continue reading
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Tagged Birlinn, crown office, Jim Swire, John Ashton, Lockerbie, Megrahi, Scotland's Shame, Why Lockerbie Still Matters
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An open letter to the lord advocate
Dr Jim Swire and I have today sent the following open letter to the lord advocate, Frank Mulholland QC. Dear Lord Advocate, Lockerbie In February 2012 John Ashton’s book Megrahi: You are my Jury was published. It revealed, inter alia, … Continue reading
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Tagged Birlinn, crown office, Frank Mulholland, Jim Swire, John Ashton, Lockerbie, Megrahi, Megrahi: You are my Jury, PT/35b, SCCRC, Scotland's Shame
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New book – Scotland’s Shame: Why Lockerbie Still Matters
My new book Scotland’s Shame: Why Lockerbie Still Matters will be published by Birlinn on 3 October. It features a remarkable foreword by Dr Jim Swire. The advance blurb says: The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the small … Continue reading
Response to Magnus Linklater article
Today’s Scottish edition of the Times contains the following comment piece by Magnus Linklater, with whom I had an exchange of views at the Edinburgh Book Festival event on Saturday. My response to the paper’s letters editor is further below. … Continue reading
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Tagged Edinburgh Book Festival, Hans Köchler, Jim Swire, John Ashton, Lockerbie, Magnus Linklater, Megrahi, the Times
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