Monday July 26, 2021, 12:01 AM
Colin Davidson works on a portrait of Ed Sheeran
Victims’ advocate and internationally renowned artist Colin Davidson has issued an impassioned attack on the British Government’s legacy proposals, claiming “it’s the first time since the Good Friday Agreement that a line has been crossed”.
In the first episode of a new podcast being launched this week, which focuses on the stories of peace activists, Ulster University’s new chancellor says he knows many victims and survivors who have been “literally broken again” by the plan.
Mr Davidson was speaking after the recent release of the Government’s command paper on legacy confirmed their intent to end all Troubles prosecutions.
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Artist Colin Davidson (Image: Judith Hill)
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July 23rd, 2021
The UK Government has used its powers to order the Northern Ireland Executive to commission abortion services. It made the move after some parties’ opposition in Stormont led to continued delay to the rollout of abortion services in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Humanists welcomed the decision as vital progress for women’s rights.
Abortion was decriminalised in Northern Ireland last year. The new legislation should have also led to the rollout of services. But disagreements between the five parties that make up the Executive meant that services were not centrally commissioned by the Department of Health. Some individual health trusts still provided services. But without any dedicated funding for this, the result has been that many women in Northern Ireland have been left without the services to which they are legally entitled.
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