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01 December 1995

One day in August; the report of the Pat Finucane Centre into the allegations of abuses of human rights arising out of the Apprentice Boys parade in Derry City on 12 August 1995. Pat Finucane Centre 1995. Hundreds of RUC officers were mobilised to force through a provocative Apprentice Boys parade near a nationalist area of Derry leading to rioting during which the RUC fired 100 plastic bullets. Available from: Pat Finucane Centre, 1 West End Park Derry BT48 9JF Ireland.

No going back? Bernadette McAliskey. Fortnight September 1995, p22. Piece on the "peace process' and the Adams-Hume document.

The South African experience - lessons for Northern Ireland. Ad Hoc group on South Africa (Belfast) 1995 pp37 1. The papers in this pamphlet look at the transition to democracy in South Africa and investigate aspects of this process in relation to Northern Ireland. Available from AHGSA c/o INNATE 16 Ravensdene Park, Belfast BT6 0DA.

Prisoners and the peace process: Republican and Loyalist perspectives David Ervine & Raymond McCartney. Common Ground Vol. 1 No. 2 1995 pp10-11. Two views that stress the importance of the role of prisoners in the peace process.

UN calls for closure of Castlereagh Mary O'Rawe. Just News Vol. 10 No. 7/8 1995 pp1 & 5. On the United Nations Human Rights Committee call for the immediate closure of Castlereagh detention centre which is known locally as Castlereagh Torture Centre.

Collusion 1990-1994: Loyalist paramilitary murders in the north of Ireland. Relatives for Justice 1995 pp57. This document catalogues Loyalist murders - of nationalist civilians - that were aided by personal information provided by the RUC.

Ireland Stephen Dorrill. Lobster No. 29 1995 pp9-12. Article on the build-up to the peace process and the role of British agent Brian Nelson in arms smuggling to Loyalist paramilitaries.

Is Labour in a cul-de sac too? Gareth Smyth. New Statesman & Society 29.9.95. On the shifts in Labour Party policy on Northern Ireland which amount to little more than an endorsement of government policy.