State secrecy on trial

State secrecy on trial

The UK Supreme Court is hearing a case this week that cuts to the core of state secrecy and its corrosive role in blocking truth and accountability for victims of the Northern Ireland conflict. At stake is whether the UK government can hide behind a “Neither Confirm Nor Deny” (NCND) policy to withhold information about the murder of Paul ‘Topper’ Thompson. The 25-year-old Catholic was shot dead in a taxi in 1994 by a loyalist gang. State collusi…