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Birmingham Six

April 2024

  • Composite image of Tahir Aziz, Naweed Ali, Mohibur Rahman and Khobaib Hussain

    ‘Birmingham Four’ ask CCRC to investigate convictions for terror plot

    Four men were jailed for life in 2017 for planning terrorist attack in UK after elaborate undercover police operation

October 2023

  • Michael Mansfield at his home in Warwickshire.

    Michael Mansfield KC: ‘The two-party system is a straitjacket’

    The barrister famous for his work on landmark cases such as Grenfell, Stephen Lawrence and the Birmingham Six has written a book about fighting injustice

June 2023

  • Hugh Callaghan at his home in London in 2022. After his release from prison he could not bring himself to live in Birmingham again.

    Hugh Callaghan obituary

    One of the Birmingham Six who spent 16 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of the 1974 pub bombings
  • Rowan Moore

    Why was it so hard for our judiciary to admit they’d jailed an innocent man for 16 years?

    Rowan Moore
    The death last week of Birmingham Six victim Hugh Callaghan reminds us that unfettered power can lead to abuses
  • Hugh Callaghan photographed at his home in London in March 2022

    Birmingham Six member Hugh Callaghan dies aged 93

    Tribute paid to ‘values of forgiveness and gentle optimism’ of man wrongly jailed for 16 years over 1974 IRA atrocity

November 2022

  • The scene outside the Mulberry Bush pub in Birmingham, England, in November 1974.

    Potential suspect for 1974 Birmingham pub bombings identified, say police

    With families of those murdered still to receive justice, CPS will review file of evidence from West Midlands force

April 2022

  • British rapper Stormzy performing at the Leeds First Direct Arena.

    The best original photographs from the Observer
    Original Observer photography

    From Hollywood maverick Lori Petty to Hugh Callaghan, one of the Birmingham Six – the best photographs commissioned by the Observer in March 2022

March 2022

  • Chris Mullin court case<br>Chris Mullin speaks to the media outside the Old Bailey in London, following his successful challenge to an application by West Midlands Police requiring him to disclose source material dating back to his investigation in 1985 and 1986 relating to the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. Picture date: Tuesday March 22, 2022. PA Photo. In his book Error Of Judgement, and a series of documentaries, Mr Mullin, a former MP and minister, helped expose one of the worst miscarriages of justice, leading to the release of the Birmingham Six after their convictions were quashed in 1991. West Midlands Police is now using the Terrorism Act to bring the production order application. See PA story COURTS Mullin. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

    The Guardian view on public interest: democracy rests on a free press

  • From left: John Walker, Paddy Hill. Hugh Callaghan, Chris Mullin, Richard McIlkenny, Gerry Hunter and William Power, outside the Old Bailey in London in 1991.

    Why the Birmingham Six’s story must not be forgotten

  • Chris Mullin

    I had to keep my sources secret, or the Birmingham Six might still be in jail

    Chris Mullin
  • Chris Mullin court case<br>Chris Mullin with the General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists, Michelle Stanistreet outside the Old Bailey in London, to challenge an application by West Midlands Police to require him to disclose source material dating back to his investigation in 1985 and 1986 relating to the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. Picture date: Friday February 25, 2022. PA Photo. In his book Error Of Judgement, and a series of documentaries, Mr Mullin, a former MP and minister, helped expose one of the worst miscarriages of justice, leading to the release of the Birmingham Six after their convictions were quashed in 1991. West Midlands Police is now using the Terrorism Act to bring the production order application. See PA story COURTS Mullin. Photo credit should read: James Manning/PA Wire

    Birmingham pub bombings: Chris Mullin wins fight to protect source

February 2022

  • Chris Mullin in 2019, the year after West Midlands police announced a decision to reinvestigate the case into the former MP.

    Police move to ban reporters from Birmingham Six journalist hearing

  • Duncan Campbell

    British police are hounding a journalist for his sources – it’s vital he resists

    Duncan Campbell

January 2022

  • Chris Mullin, author, journalist and former Labour MP

    Chris Mullin to resist police bid to identify IRA pub bombing sources

    Police believe the author and ex-MP has interviews that could identify IRA member behind the 1974 pub bombings

March 2021

  • The Birmingham Six (left to right) John Walker, Paddy Hill. Hugh Callaghan, Chris Mullen MP, Richard McIlkenny, Gerry Hunter and William Power, outside the Old Bailey in London on 14/03/91, after their convictions were quashed

    Miscarriage of justice body's workload doubled despite severe cuts – report

    MPs also found examples of political interference in the work of the Criminal Cases Review Commission

April 2019

  • Chris Mullin

    Chris Mullin defends refusal to name Birmingham pub bombing suspects

    Families of victims accused former MP of obstruction after inquest into 1974 IRA attacks

March 2019

  • Family members of the victims of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings

    'The blast blew most of your clothes off': witnesses describe Birmingham bombings

    Survivors tell of painful memories of 1974 bombings which killed 21 people

February 2019

  • Birmingham Bomb Attacks<br>The damaged front of the Tavern in the Town bar in Birmingham after a bomb attack that killed at least 19 people and injured over 200.

    Families threaten to boycott IRA Birmingham pub bombs inquest

  • Chris Mullin

    Chris Mullin names Birmingham pub bombings suspects

November 2018

  • (FILE) Coroner's Verdict On Resuming Birmingham Pub Bombings Inquest Due Today<br>FILE - June 01, 2016: Coroner Louise Hunt is due to rule on whether to resume an inquest into the 1974 Birmingham Pub Bombings today. On 21 November 1974 bombs were detonated in two different pubs in Birmingham, killing 21 and injuring 182. Six men were jailed, but their convictions were later quashed and they were released in 1991. Wreckage and debris litter thebarely recognisable interior of the 'Mulberry Bush' public house in Birmingham, after it was bombed by the Provisional IRA (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

    Birmingham pub bombings memorial to be unveiled

    Work by local artist Anuradha Patel will be revealed 44 years to day and time of IRA attack
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