A RAID on the homes and office of investigative journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney should be ruled unlawful, two leading campaign groups have said. Index on Censorship and English PEN have intervened in the journalists’ case to make a submission to the High Court in Northern Ireland. Read the full article
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Raid on journalists’ homes and offices ‘should be ruled unlawful’ (Irish News, 23 May 2019)
A RAID on the homes and office of investigative journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney should be ruled unlawful, two leading campaign groups have said. Index on Censorship and English PEN have intervened in the journalists' case to make a submission to the High Court in Northern Ireland.
23 May 19

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