Inquiry launched to 'uncover truth' behind bloody clashes at Orgreave miners' strike
ORGREAVE COKING PLANT NEAR SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, JUL 20 – The inquiry will examine police brutality, evidence destruction, and arrests during the 1984 miners' strike, involving 5,000 miners and police with over 120 injuries reported, officials said.
- In a statement this year, the Home Office announced a public inquiry launching in the autumn, probing the June 18, 1984 clashes at Orgreave Coking Plant, South Yorkshire.
- Pledged in Labour’s election manifesto, the statutory inquiry addresses one of policing’s most controversial episodes over 40 years past, after all riot charges against 95 picketers were dropped.
- The inquiry, statutory with powers to compel evidence, will be chaired by the Rt Revd Dr Pete Wilcox, and formal consultations on its terms have begun with the Home Secretary.
- South Yorkshire’s Mayor Oliver Coppard called it a pivotal step towards justice, with Kate Flannery hailing the inquiry as `really positive news` and Chris Kitchen deeming it `hugely welcome`.
- With evidence embargoed until 2066 and 2071, Rt Revd Dr Pete Wilcox plans to engage stakeholders in coming weeks to set terms and find experts, and OTJC seeks to identify who ordered police deployments.
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‘Battle of Orgreave’ national inquiry confirmed by government
Forty years after the violent clashes between police and striking miners at the Orgreave plant in south Yorkshire – a national inquiry will examine what happened. More than 100 people were injured in what became known as the Battle of Orgreave in 1984 – when riot police charged crowds of pickets trying to stop lorries bringing in fuel.
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UK will hold inquiry into violent Orgeave clash between police and miners during bitter 1984 strike
The British government has announced a public inquiry into the 1984 "Battle of Orgreave," a violent clash between police and striking miners. The confrontation, which injured 120 people, occurred during a nationwide miners' strike against coal pit closures. The strike…
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