Claims extracted
13
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
15%
2 of 13 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
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During a legal challenge to a decision by the Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant to ban the parade, a barrister said the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) had been dealing with a “developing and potentially extremely serious public order situation”.
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Service → ban → situation
Members of the Orange Order are seeking a judicial review after Sir Chris halted the parade from going along the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road amid large-scale protests by residents opposed to the procession.
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Chris → seek → procession
His decision followed a two-week stand-off.
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decision → follow → off
The application for judicial review against that decision is being heard by Mr Justice Scoffield.
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application → hear → Scoffield
It includes a challenge to the decision by PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher to ask Sir Chris to review the determination made by the Parades Commission, which had given the go-ahead for the parade.
asserted
which → include → parade
During the hearing, Richard McConkey KC, who represents a member of the Orange Order who has brought the challenge, read from an intelligence assessment provided by the chief constable to the Northern Ireland Secretary about the security situation.
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who → represent → situation
The barrister said the assessment had said it was “almost certain” the parade would be accompanied by a protest on the Garvaghy Road.
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parade → say → Road
He said: “It continues, ‘it is highly likely that persons will continue to travel to Garvaghy Road from across Northern Ireland to support protest activity and it is highly likely that the protest will continue to involve significant numbers of persons, and will continue to seek to block the road to prevent a parade in Garvaghy Road’.”
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protest → say → Road
Mr McConkey said the assessment then records “significantly more serious intelligence”.
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assessment → say → intelligence
The barrister added: “It goes on, ‘It is almost certain that dissident republicans have attended the protest, and it is possible that dissident republicans have already accessed the firearms in the Garvaghy Road area, and it is possible that in the event of police removing protesters, firearms may be used to attack police’.
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firearms → add → police
“There is then reliable intelligence indicating that mainstream republicans are concerned about their ability to prevent disorder or control dissident republicans, and it remains likely that the police intervention will be met with serious disorder, which may involve the use of petrol bombs.”
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which → be → bombs
The barrister said police were “assessing a developing and potentially extremely serious public order situation”.
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police → say → situation
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The case continues.
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case → read → More
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