UK/Northern Ireland: The killing of Patrick Finucane - official collusion and cover-up

UK/Northern Ireland: The killing of Patrick Finucane - official collusion and cover-up

Index Number: EUR 45/026/2000
Date Published: 1 February 2000
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, UK

Patrick Finucane was shot dead in February 1989 by Loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland; evidence has emerged of collusion between the paramilitaries and police and military intelligence agents in the killing. This document examines the evidence of such a collusion and presents the joint legal opinion which was submitted to Amnesty International by three barristers specialising in human rights law.