Republicans and Loyalists slam Westminster's plans to end all prosecutions related to the Troubles
Sinn Fein says the British government’s proposals would protect state forces from their “dirty role” in Ireland
Women and children lean against a barricade on Davis Street in Derry refusing to move in their bid to prevent British troops from dismantling it, in September 1969
BOTH Republican and Loyalist parties in the north of Ireland have condemned plans by the British government to introduce a statute of limitations for Troubles-related offences.
Speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis claimed “the best way to help Northern Ireland move further along the road to reconciliation” was to end all prosecutions related to the Troubles prior to 1998 for both British security forces and ex-paramilitaries.
North Belfast Sinn Fein MP John Finucane — whose father Patrick, a prominent human rights lawyer, was murdered at his home in 1989 by Loyalist paramilitaries in collusion with British forces — blasted the plans today.
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