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Government to introduce statute of limitations on Troubles prosecutions
Ministers are expected to introduce a statute of limitations to end all prosecutions related to the Troubles before 1998 to stop Northern Ireland being “hamstrung by its past”.
Brandon Lewis, the Northern Ireland secretary, will outline the approach in the Commons on Wednesday as government sources rejected claims it would amount to an amnesty for army veterans and paramilitaries.
A source said: “We want to give Northern Ireland society the best chance of moving forward as one – to do that we must confront the difficult and painful reality that the realistic prospect of prosecutions is vanishingly small and while that prospect remains Northern Ireland will continue to be hamstrung by its past.
Brandon Lewis, the Northern Ireland secretary, will outline the approach in the Commons on Wednesday as government sources rejected claims it would amount to an amnesty for army veterans and paramilitaries.
A source said: “We want to give Northern Ireland society the best chance of moving forward as one – to do that we must confront the difficult and painful reality that the realistic prospect of prosecutions is vanishingly small and while that prospect remains Northern Ireland will continue to be hamstrung by its past.
[link:https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/14/government-to-introduce-statute-of-limitations-on-troubles-prosecutions|]
So because they want to protect squaddies that may have done bad means that everyone gets an amnesty.
Listing to BBC Ulster this morning - this is going over like a bag of boke. Not one party on NI is in agreement with this. Listening to victims of the troubles today is heart rending. Apparently they are not worthy of any kind of justice? No-one has asked the victims what they want... This Tory Government has nothing but contempt for the people in NI - they neither care for not wish to understand the cultural sensitivities of the land from which I come. BoJo is in the house of commons right now saying that he is giving NI the opportunity to draw a line under the troubles... fucking idiot. Intergenerational trauma in NI is a real thing, and dismissing the need for justice for victims of the trouble is not drawing a line under anything.
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