NI: Over 150 sets of Northern Ireland Office documents blocked from public release
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The UK government last year blocked the public release of 155 sets of Northern Ireland Office (NIO) documents dating from the Troubles, an investigation has found.
The NIO told the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives (ACNRA) that it wanted to retain or close 155 sets of documents dating from 1968 to 1998 in 2020, The Detail reports.
The ACNRA subsequently made recommendations to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden, who approved the concealment of the records.
Daniel Holder, deputy director of the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ), told The Detail: “In the context of the right to truth, historical records should not be concealed on the basis that they would reveal state wrongdoing, including evidence of human rights violations.
“It is notable that such evidence has been found in recent years in the National Archives.”
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