Patrick Corrigan

NI Assembly Committee @NIAEOCttee calls on @ExecOfficeNI to publish ‘long overdue’ report on Historical Clerical Child Abuse The Committee for the Executive Office has appealed to the First and deputy First Minister to issue the findings, following evidence received from Amnesty International UK, Interfaith Clerical Abuse Survivors and The Dromore Group. niassembly.gov.uk/news-and-media…

PSNI urged to explain £5.5m Israeli firm contract amid link to surveillance software irishnews.com/news/northern-…

Was a network of well-connected paedophiles responsible for the disappearance & murder of young boys in Belfast in the 1970’s? And did the State cover it up? Watch my film Lost Boys: Belfast’s Missing Children 👇👇👇 youtu.be/QAXRIX-Vwss #LostBoys #Kincora #Conspiracy

As part of its genocidal campaign in Gaza, Israel has so far killed 20,000 Palestinian children and damaged or destroyed 85%+ of schools. UN experts have called it ‘scholasticide’. Thank you to teachers’ union @NASUWT_NI for the opportunity for Amnesty's @PatrickCorrigan to speak about human rights in Palestine and the Middle East at their annual conference today. This afternoon NASUWT NI voted to join the #apartheid free zone campaign. Images: @photolinepic

A clerical child abuse inquiry for Northern Ireland is long overdue. This week, Amnesty International's Patrick Corrigan joined victim/survivors Nikella Holmes and @TonyGribben3 to give evidence to the Executive Office committee at the NI Assembly. Generations of children have suffered sexual and other abuse in faith-based settings. Amnesty International has been supporting victims' calls for accountability and action for the last sixteen years. The First Minister and deputy First Minister have had a comprehensive research report - with clear recommendations for a public inquiry and a raft of safeguarding measures - since summer 2025. But still no decision and no engagement with victims. Meanwhile, new stories of catastrophic abuse within churches and church-linked schools emerge on a regular basis. The best time for action would have been 16 years ago. The second best time is now.

Geraldine Finucane, widow of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, has welcomed the publication of terms of reference for the inquiry into his murder. This has been a long road. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

What do women’s lives look like under genocide? A new B’Tselem report presents data and testimonies from women in Gaza, revealing a brutal, ongoing struggle for survival. Today, Sunday, 8 March, International Women’s Day, listen to the voices of women in Gaza, bearing witness from a continuous hell: Since October 2023, Israel has killed more than 12,500 women in Gaza, including over 9,000 mothers, leaving 21,193 widows. Life in tents has morphed from a temporary solution into a permanent state – thin fabric walls that offer no protection or privacy. Without a room of their own, women sleep fully clothed and with their head coverings on, even in extreme heat. The simplest everyday tasks, such as washing, changing clothes, breastfeeding, or managing menstruation (now without hygiene products) have become degrading, near-impossible undertakings in exposed public spaces. The burden on Gaza’s women is beyond comprehension. As Ikhlas al-Kafarneh told us in her testimony: “I can’t even cry in front of my children, because then I’d fall apart. I so much want to be alone, even for one day, to be just with myself in a distant place where I can scream at the top of my lungs and cry over this terrible life that has been forced on me.” Even after the so-called ceasefire of October 2025, the genocide still goes on. The killing continues, and the inhuman living conditions erase the privacy, health, and basic dignity of every woman and girl in Gaza. Read the full report: “Clinging to what’s left of life” >> btselem.org/video/20260308…

#InternationalWomensDay in Northern Ireland, one of the most dangerous places in Europe to be a woman. #IWD2026

The INTO conference has just passed a resolution committing to campaign for a rights-based ethical procurement policy for NI schools and education system, and to back calls for an end to Allianz's sponsorship of the @officialgaa including in schools.

Thank you to the INTO (Irish National Teachers' Org) for allowing me to address their conference at @BelfastICC More than 20,000 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli authorities since Oct 2023. Teaching unions are defending the right to education - and to life.

PSNI challenged on claim that journalists were not treated as criminal suspects The Chief Constable of the PSNI has said that journalist Vincent Kearney was never treated as a suspect by the force, despite police documentation from 2013 clearly labelling him as one - The Detail

Derry Girls: Decades of Domestic Abuse This year marks five decades of Foyle Women's Aid. @BBCSpotlightNI investigates a service shaped by the violence of others bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Link to report: Abuse of Position for Sexual Purposes by PSNI Officers -Analysis and Emerging Findings policeombudsman.org/news/police-om…

New Police Ombudsman report makes for shocking reading. A 14-year-old girl was among the 36 victims of predatory behaviour by male PSNI officers - many identified as 'sharks' - accused of abuse of position for sexual purposes. More accountability needed, including prosecutions.

The deadliest attack on the opening day of 'Operation Epic Fury' was against a primary school.

Paul Conroy explaining why Syria is not only a dangerous place for journalists - Amnesty International Annual Lecture 2014 @BelfastFestival @SluggerOToole @williamcrawley sluggerotoole.com/2014/10/20/pau…

So sorry to read this news of the death of photojournalist Paul Conroy, one of the bravest people I have ever known; badly injured in the attack by which killed Marie Colvin in Syria, he went on to report from Ukraine. He gave the @AmnestyNI Lecture in 2014 @BelfastFestival.

Amnesty: The escalation in hostilities across the Middle East and North Africa region following the US and Israel attacks on Iran, and Iran’s retaliation, is putting civilians at grave risk. Amnesty urges all parties to abide by international humanitarian and human rights law.

At least 80 children dead as missile reportedly hits school in southern #Iran Largest mass casualty event of the US-led attack so far. theguardian.com/world/2026/feb…

Race hate is up again in Northern Ireland - what needs to change? Police Service of Northern Ireland said there were 2,260 race hate incidents recorded last year - the highest level of reports since records began in 2004. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…