Britain keeps UDA ceasefire under review
A minister in Britain’s Northern Ireland Office has said that the British Government is keeping the UDA’s ceasefire under review in light of upsurge in attacks against Catholics this year.
Yesterday, both the SDLP and Sinn Fein said the UDA ceasefire is non-existent and urged Britain to take action against the paramilitary organisation.
The UDA has already withdrawn its support for the Good Friday Agreement, but said that its ceasefire remains intact.
Despite this, UDA members are the main suspects in more than 200 pipe-bomb attacks against Catholics this year, the sectarian murders of Ciaran Cummings and Gavin Brett and several more attempted murders.
UDA leader Johnny Adair was also sent back to prison last year for continuing to participate in terrorism despite being freed under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
