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The Troubles    1960s-1990s

 

The Birmingham six are freed    14 March 1991

 

 

 

 

The Birmingham Six pictured on 14 March 1991,

the day their convictions were quashed.

 

Left to right:

John Walker, Paddy Hill, Hugh Callaghan,

Chris Mullin MP (who campaigned for their release),

Richard McIlkenny, Gerry Hunter and William Power.

 

Photograph: Sean Dempsey

PA

 

Birmingham pub bombings:

victims' relatives call for justice after inquest verdict

Plea for police to launch fresh criminal investigations

and press murder charges

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Fri 5 Apr 2019    13.23 BST

Last modified on Fri 5 Apr 2019    16.53 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/05/
birmingham-pub-bombings-botched-warning-call-led-to-deaths-inquest-rules

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hugh Callaghan, one of the Birmingham Six,

photographed to accompany an interview

outlining why the case should not be forgotten.

 

Photograph:

Antonio Olmos/The Observer

 

Original Observer photography

From Hollywood maverick Lori Petty to Hugh Callaghan,

one of the Birmingham Six – the best photographs

commissioned by the Observer in March 2022

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Sat 2 Apr 2022    11.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/apr/02/
original-observer-photography

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paddy Hill, one of the Birmingham Six

who was wrongly convicted of the Birmingham pub bombings.

 

Photograph:

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

 

Birmingham pub bombings: coroner orders new inquests

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Wednesday 1 June 2016    11.12 BST

Last modified on Wednesday 1 June 2016    13.25 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/01/
birmingham-pub-bombings-coroner-orders-new-inquests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14 March 1991

 

The Birmingham six

are freed after 16 years

 

 

The Birmingham Six

walk free from jail

after their convictions

for the murder of 21 people

in two pubs are quashed

by the Court of Appeal.

 

Paddy Joe Hill,

Hugh Callaghan,

Richard McIlkenny,

Gerry Hunter,

Billy Power

and Johnny Walker,

who between them

have served 96 years

for a crime

they did not commit,

are released onto the streets

outside the Old Bailey

in London at 1605 GMT.

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/birmingham-six

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/26/
why-the-birmingham-six-story-must-not-be-forgotten

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/05/
birmingham-pub-bombings-botched-warning-call-led-to-deaths-inquest-rules

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/01/
birmingham-pub-bombings-coroner-orders-new-inquests

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/12/
birmingham-pub-bombings-ira-coroner-sent-significant-information

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/10/
birmingham-pub-bombings-informer-ira-unit-court-told

 

 

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/02/
paddy-hill-call-truth-birmingham-pub-bombings-supported-victim-family

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/02/
birmingham-six-challenge-ira-paddy-hill

 

 

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/law/2010/nov/04/
paddy-hill-birmingham-six-counselling

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/video/2009/may/05/
miscarriages-of-justice

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/aug/19/
northernireland.nickpatonwalsh

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/1991/mar/15/northernireland.
davidpallister

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/14/
newsid_2543000/2543613.stm - 14 March 1991

 

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/30/world/britain-
to-allow-appeal-for-6-convicted-of-1974-pub-murders.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/25/
magazine/when-british-justice-failed.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BBC > Timeline: Northern Ireland's road to peace        1987-2007

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4072261.stm

 

 

 

 

BBC > Ireland timeline        1914-2011

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1038669.stm

 

 

 

 

The Guardian > Northern Ireland timeline        1919-2009

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/mar/08/
northern-ireland-timeline 

 

 

 

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