Pat Finucane

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Patrick Finucane (; 21 March 1949 – 12 February 1989) was a lawyer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was known for challenging the British government in human rights cases on behalf of Irish Republican Army (IRA) hunger strikers in the 1980s. He was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries from the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), acting in collusion with British security services. Finucane's killing was one of the most controversial during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. He was shot 14 times while eating at his Belfast home with his three children and his wife, who was wounded during the attack. In September 2004, a UDA member who was recruited as an informer by the Royal Ulster Constabulary's Special Branch pleaded guilty to his murder, serving three years in jail. In 2001, after international pressure, the British government agreed to appoint a judge to review whether or not there was collusion with the British government in the murder; a public inquiry was promised if collusion was found...

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