NORTHERN IRELAND
Amnesty International
Amnesty International has welcomed an announcement by Northern Ireland’s Historic Institutional Abuse inquiry that it will investigate allegations of abuse at six additional institutions, including a number of Mother and Baby Homes.
Chair of the Inquiry, Sir Anthony Hart, said the Inquiry will investigate Manor House near Lisburn, Millisle Borstal, St Joseph’s Training School for Girls in Middletown, Co Armagh, and three Good Shepherd convents in Derry/Londonderry, Belfast and Newry. It brings the total number of institutions being investigated to 22.
Amnesty has campaigned alongside child abuse victims and women and children from the Mother and Baby Homes for an investigation into allegations of sexual, physical and mental abuse as well as the forced adoption of babies born in the institutions.
Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland Programme Director of Amnesty International, said:
“The inclusion of the Mother and Baby Homes and the other children’s institutions in the Abuse Inquiry is very welcome news. Victims of abuse, including those young women and girls who suffered in Mother and Baby Homes, are now a step closer to uncovering publicly the truth of what happened to them and their babies.
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