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Amnesty International has said the report ‘exposes a disturbing pattern of unlawful covert surveillance of journalists’.

But the McCullough Review has identified more than 20 attempts made by the police service to identify journalists’ sources.

At the end of last year, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (an independent judiciary body) made a shocking landmark judgement. The tribunal found that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Metropolitan Police had unlawfully conducted surveillance into two investigative journalists.

Ex-tabloid reporter shares how an encounter with Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan led to his acclaimed film about an Irish-language rap trio

Two Belfast journalists told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee that such surveillance was an ‘attack on democracy’.

Comedy film loosely based on lives of Belfast hip-hop trio missed out on nominations for best international feature and original song

Fans, cast and crew gathered in a bar in Belfast.

Belfast-based Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey won landmark victory that PSNI’s surveillance was unlawful

Two investigative reporters put under surveillance say public inquiry is needed to uncover scale of operations