Deadline looms as Irish Government considers case against UK

The High Court has heard the Government has not yet decided if the case of the so called "hooded men" should be revisited by the European Court of Human Rights.

Deadline looms as Irish Government considers case against UK

The High Court has heard the Government has not yet decided if the case of the so called "hooded men" should be revisited by the European Court of Human Rights.

A ruling in 1978 found the men were subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment by the British authorities in the North, but the Strasbourg court rejected their claim that they were tortured.

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