Journalists call for the truth ahead of hearing on state covert surveillance claims
TWO investigative journalists called for answers today ahead of a tribunal hearing over allegations that they were subject to covert surveillance by British authorities.
Senior legal figures sitting on the Investigatory Powers Tribunal are hearing a case at the Royal Courts of Justice in London brought by Northern Ireland-based filmmakers Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney.
In 2018, Mr McCaffrey and Mr Birney were controversially arrested as part of a police investigation into the alleged leaking of a confidential document that appeared in their documentary No Stone Unturned, about a Troubles massacre in Loughinisland, Co Down.
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