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Human Rights Watch published report criticising RUC

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Human Rights Watch, a civil liberties group, published a report criticising the behaviour of the RUC during the 1996 Drumcree crisis. The main criticisms were the RUC's use of excessive force, plastic bullets, and their failure to remove illegal Orange roadblocks. The RUC rejected these claims.

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Elliott, S., and W.D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968-1999 (Belfast, Blackstaff 1999)