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| Belfast journalist gets death threat over paedophile story | Belfast journalist gets death threat over paedophile story |
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| A Belfast-based journalist has received a death threat after she published a story claiming a group of dissident republicans were protecting alleged paedophiles. | A Belfast-based journalist has received a death threat after she published a story claiming a group of dissident republicans were protecting alleged paedophiles. |
| The Police Service of Northern Ireland has informed the reporter about the threat and the National Union of Journalists has demanded it be withdrawn. | The Police Service of Northern Ireland has informed the reporter about the threat and the National Union of Journalists has demanded it be withdrawn. |
| It is understood the threat relates to a story in a local Sunday newspaper that claimed the anti-peace process terror group Óglaigh na hÉireann (ONH) was protecting two alleged paedophiles in its ranks. | It is understood the threat relates to a story in a local Sunday newspaper that claimed the anti-peace process terror group Óglaigh na hÉireann (ONH) was protecting two alleged paedophiles in its ranks. |
| The reporter also claimed that a leading dissident republican figure was forced out of the Ardoyne district of north Belfast by ONH over the paedophile scandal. | The reporter also claimed that a leading dissident republican figure was forced out of the Ardoyne district of north Belfast by ONH over the paedophile scandal. |
| Her story followed a controversy in the area over a young man who was saved from a suicide attempt. After treatment in hospital he told police that a dissident republican had been sexually abusing him for several years. | Her story followed a controversy in the area over a young man who was saved from a suicide attempt. After treatment in hospital he told police that a dissident republican had been sexually abusing him for several years. |
| A spokesperson for the NUJ said: "We are concerned with the growing number of threats being made by paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland against journalists who are carrying out their work. We call on those responsible for the latest threat to lift it and to publicly say so." | A spokesperson for the NUJ said: "We are concerned with the growing number of threats being made by paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland against journalists who are carrying out their work. We call on those responsible for the latest threat to lift it and to publicly say so." |
| The last threat to journalists working in Northern Ireland came in May when members of the Ulster Volunteer Force issued warnings about several reporters. The journalists had written stories about a UVF-controlled drinking den in south Belfast where a young Catholic woman and her Protestant friends were beaten up. | The last threat to journalists working in Northern Ireland came in May when members of the Ulster Volunteer Force issued warnings about several reporters. The journalists had written stories about a UVF-controlled drinking den in south Belfast where a young Catholic woman and her Protestant friends were beaten up. |
| Loyalists were behind the only recent murder of a reporter when Sunday World journalist Martin O'Hagan was shot dead in front his wife in Lurgan, Co Armagh. The Loyalist Volunteer Force admitted responsibility for the 2001 murder, but no-one has ever been convicted. | Loyalists were behind the only recent murder of a reporter when Sunday World journalist Martin O'Hagan was shot dead in front his wife in Lurgan, Co Armagh. The Loyalist Volunteer Force admitted responsibility for the 2001 murder, but no-one has ever been convicted. |
| ONH is a small but active paramilitary group that has been behind a number of bomb attacks in the Greater Belfast area, including one on MI5's regional headquarters in Holywood, Co Down. Its main stronghold is the Ardoyne district although in terms of votes in elections Sinn Fein still commands most support in the area. | ONH is a small but active paramilitary group that has been behind a number of bomb attacks in the Greater Belfast area, including one on MI5's regional headquarters in Holywood, Co Down. Its main stronghold is the Ardoyne district although in terms of votes in elections Sinn Fein still commands most support in the area. |
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