Overview

• The UK Government has confirmed it will appeal to the Supreme Court against a Belfast Appeal Court ruling mandating a public inquiry into Sean Brown's 1997 murder.
• Sean Brown, then 61 and chairman of Bellaghy Wolfe Tones GAC, was ambushed, kidnapped, and killed by loyalist paramilitaries; no convictions have been secured in the case.
• Preliminary inquest proceedings revealed links to over 25 individuals, including state agents, and alleged surveillance lapses on the night of the killing.
• Thousands of supporters, including participants from across Ireland, gathered in Bellaghy for a Walk For Truth event, calling for justice and accountability.
• Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has framed the case as a constitutional question over whether the judiciary or the executive should have authority to order public inquiries.