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CIA TORTURE REPORT PUTS ROLE OF UK AND IRISH ARPORTS IN SPOTLIGHT

It was revealed this week that the Lord Advocate of Scotland , Frank Mulholland, has instructed police to analyse the recent CIA report on torture to see if it can assist their ongoing enquiries into the use of Scottish airports for rendition.

The Manx Language Christmas Service will be held at St Olaves Church, Ramsey Sunday 4th Jan 2015 starting at 3pm. All welcome

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CHILDREN’S COMMISSIONERS PRESSED ON MILITARISATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE

The Celtic League has written to Children’s Commissioners in the United Kingdom and to the Isle of Man Department of Education and Children regarding comments about military cadet forces made by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in a recent (Country) report.

The Celtic League opposes the militarisation of children and at its AGM at Karez in Brittany in 2012 it adopted the following resolution:

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CELTIC LEAGUE BANNERS FLY AT CILMERI RALLY, CYMRU

The officially recognised banner of the Celtic League was amongst hundreds of Welsh flags carried at the Prince Llewellyn Commemoration procession and rally held on Saturday 6th December, 2014 at Cilmeri in Powys, Cymru.

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Yanukovych Planes Register Legitimate Say DED

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Despite a report on the Ukrainian Euromaidan Press Agency site some weeks ago entitled ‘Yanukovych’s stolen planes turn up on the Isle of Man’ the Manx Department for Economic Development (DED) which manages the IOM Aircraft Register says there transfer to the Register was legitimate.

The Celtic League sought clarification earlier this month (see link):

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Police in Cornwall’s Capital Adopt Bi-lingual Cornish English Signs

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Members and followers of the Cornish Branch of the Celtic League have expressed delight at seeing bi lingual Cornish and English language official signage outside Truro Police Station in Cornwall and photographs of the sign taken by members went viral on Twitter and Facebook.

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Democracy? A Jacobin Stitch Up!

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The last and final reading of a bill of law in the French National Assembly (l’Assemblée Nationale) in Paris, which could have either reunified Breizh (Brittany) or created another new artificial region was heard this week.

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Manx Government Rethink Public Sector Pensions Strategy

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The Manx government has put plans to make radical changes to public sector pensions on hold. Instead Tynwald (the Manx parliament) agreed there should be wide ranging consultation and negotiations with the staff involved.

Last month the Manx Nationalist Party, Mec Vannin, criticised the government’s unilateral move to further reform pensions which had only been readjusted two years ago following an earlier enquiry.

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Manx Government Respond On Heysham Reactor Restart Concerns

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The Manx Government has responded to queries from the Celtic League about the decision of United Kingdom nuclear regulators to authorise a restart of a nuclear reactor at Heysham 1 Nuclear Power Station.

The League wrote to the Manx government earlier this month (see link):

http://www.celticleague.net/news/heysham-reactor-restart-concerns/

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UN CRC LOBBIED ON MILITARY CADETS ISSUE

The Celtic League has written to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning the operation by the United Kingdom (UK) of military cadet forces which recruit children as young as twelve.

The League has referred to Committee to concerns it raised two years ago about a similar situation in Australia.