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Rebecca Black

PSNI apologise to hooded men for 'actions and omissions of officers'

Police in Northern Ireland have issued an apology to a group known as the hooded men who were subjected to controversial interrogation techniques in the 1970s.

It comes after the Supreme Court ruled in December that the PSNI was wrong not to investigate allegations of torture.

The 14 hooded men were subjected to a series of controversial interrogation techniques by the Army and police when they were interned without trial in Northern Ireland in 1971.

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