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Catalogue description Northern Ireland Detainees Enquiry: Report
| Reference: | HO 248 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Northern Ireland Detainees Enquiry: Report |
| Description: |
The series contains the published report of the Committee of Inquiry into Allegations against the Security Forces of Physical Brutality in Northern Ireland ensuing out of the events on the 9 August, 1971. The Report (Cmnd. 4823) was published in November 1971. |
| Date: | 1971-1971 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Northern Ireland Detainees Enquiry, 1971-1971 |
| Physical description: | 1 volume(s) |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Committee was appointed on 31 August 1971 by the Home Secretary, Reginald Maudling, under the chairmanship of Sir Edmund Compton, GCB, KBE, with his Honour Edgar Fay QC and Dr Ronald Gibson, CBE as members. The terms of reference were 'To investigate allegations by those arrested on 9 August under the Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Act (Northern Ireland) 1922 of physical brutality while in the custody of the security forces prior to either their subsequent release, the preferring of a criminal charge or their being lodged in a place specified in a detention order'. |
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