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Families testify over murders
Rosemary Nelson was murdered by a loyalist car bomb
Relatives of two lawyers murdered in Northern Ireland are to give evidence about the killings at a special hearing of a US Congressional committee on Tuesday.
American representatives from the Commission on Security and Co-operation in Europe are hearing testimonies from relatives of Patrick Finucane and Rosemary Nelson.
Mr Finucane was shot dead in front of his wife and children at his north Belfast home by loyalist paramilitaries in 1989.
Loyalists also admitted responsibility for the car bomb attack which killed Lurgan solicitor Rosemary Nelson on 15 March 1999.
Allegations of collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and members of the security forces have been made by the families of the murdered lawyers and human rights groups.
Giving evidence at the hearing is Mr Finucane's widow, Geraldine, and the brother of Mrs Nelson, Eunan Magee, is also testifying.
The relatives are being accompanied by representatives of two human rights groups, British Irish Rights Watch and the Committee on the Administration of Justice, who have been campaigning for inquiries into the two murders
The hearing coincides with a number of events which are being organised to mark the first anniversary of Ms Nelson's death on Wednesday.
American representatives from the Commission on Security and Co-operation in Europe are hearing testimonies from relatives of Patrick Finucane and Rosemary Nelson.
Mr Finucane was shot dead in front of his wife and children at his north Belfast home by loyalist paramilitaries in 1989.
Loyalists also admitted responsibility for the car bomb attack which killed Lurgan solicitor Rosemary Nelson on 15 March 1999.
Allegations of collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and members of the security forces have been made by the families of the murdered lawyers and human rights groups.
 Pat Finucane's widow, Geraldine, will give evidence |
The relatives are being accompanied by representatives of two human rights groups, British Irish Rights Watch and the Committee on the Administration of Justice, who have been campaigning for inquiries into the two murders
The hearing coincides with a number of events which are being organised to mark the first anniversary of Ms Nelson's death on Wednesday.
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