The Red Hand Defenders (RHD) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. It was formed in 1998 by loyalists who opposed the Belfast Agreement and the loyalist ceasefires. [1] Its members were drawn mostly from the Ulster Defence …

Martin O'Hagan, the Sunday World journalist whom Wright especially disliked, was killed in September 2001 by the Red Hand Defenders, a cover-name used by the UDA and LVF.

Red Hand Defenders (RHD) is an extremist terrorist group formed in 1998 and composed largely of Protestant hardliners from loyalist groups observing a cease-fire. RHD seeks to prevent a political settlement with Irish nationalists by attacking Catholic civilian interests in Northern Ireland.

Apr 30, 2003 · Red Hand Defenders seeks to prevent a political settlement with Irish nationalists by attacking Catholic civilian interests in Northern Ireland. In January 2002, the group announced all staff at Catholic schools in Belfast and Catholic postal workers were legitimate targets.

La Main Rouge (English translation: The Red Hand), an armed group operating in French North Africa in the 1950s; Red Hand Commando, a small Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, which is closely linked to the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) Red Hand Defenders (RHD), an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland

Extremist terrorist group formed in 1998 and composed largely of Protestant hardliners from loyalist groups observing a cease-fire. Red Hand Defenders seeks to prevent a political settlement with Irish nationalists by attacking Catholic civilian interests in Northern Ireland.

The Red Hand Defenders (RHD) is a Loyalist paramilitary group. There is speculation that RHD has also been used as a cover name for members of other terrorist organizations in Northern Ireland, namely the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) and the Ulster Defense Association (UDA).

Mar 20, 1999 · Who are the Red Hand Defenders? The dissident loyalist extremists proved themselves highly dangerous and capable cold-blooded killers this week with their car bomb murder of lawyer Rosemary...

There has been confusion between the Red Hand Defenders and the Orange Volunteers, with both sometimes claiming to have carried out the same attack.

Mar 16, 1999 · The Red Hand Defenders, a loyalist paramilitary group, last night said that it had been responsible for yesterday's booby-trap carbomb which killed Ms Rosemary Nelson in...