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  • The legacy of the Troubles lingers. But this legislation won’t work.

    “The Troubles,” three decades of sectarian strife in Northern Ireland, left behind questions about historical truth, reconciliation, justice and accountability that have lingered since the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement.

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    December 18, 2022
  • Rights experts urge UK to redraft controversial Northern Ireland bill

    The United Kingdom should rewrite proposed legislation covering the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland, known as the “Troubles”, because it fails to comply with the obligation to investigate serious violations and denies truth and remedy for the victims, two UN human rights experts said on Thursday.

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    December 15, 2022
  • UK: Flawed Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ Bill flagrantly contravenes rights obligations, say UN experts

    GENEVA (15 December 2022) – UN experts* warned that proposed legislation now before the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) fails to comply

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    December 15, 2022
  • UK rights committee has ‘serious doubts’ bill to address legacy of the Troubles conforms to human rights law

    UK rights committee has ‘serious doubts’ bill to address legacy of the Troubles conforms to human rights law

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    October 27, 2022
  • Troubles ‘legacy’ bill risks breaching human rights law, UK warned

    Effective amnesty for those accused of killing or maiming people may not comply with ECHR, says committee

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    October 26, 2022
  • NI Troubles: Legacy bill published by the UK government

    The government has introduced legislation that aims to draw a line under the Northern Ireland Troubles by dealing with so-called legacy issues.  

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    May 17, 2022
  • EU to use ‘all measures at its disposal’ if UK abandons parts of Northern Ireland protocol – as it happened

    EU says it will respond ‘with all measures at its disposal’ if UK goes ahead with plan to abandon parts of NI protocol

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    May 17, 2022
  • Withdraw the ‘disgusting’ legacy Bill, urges relative

    A man whose brother was gunned down nearly 35 years ago has called for the Government’s legacy Bill to be withdrawn, branding it a “disgusting, shameful amnesty”.

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    February 6, 2022
  • Secretary of State urged to ‘heed’ Legacy Bill opposition during US visit

    SECRETARY of State Chris Heaton-Harris “must heed the voices” of US stakeholders who stand opposed to the British government’s controversial Legacy Bill during his stateside visit, it has been warned.

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    January 24, 2023
  • NI Troubles: Michelle O’Neill welcomes US letter opposing legacy bill

    A letter sent by US Congress members expressing “grave concern” about the UK government’s Troubles legacy plans is a “significant intervention”, Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill has said.

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    January 21, 2023
  • Everyone opposes the Troubles legacy Bill but the Conservatives may get away with it

    UK government’s proposed legislation shows the difficulties of dealing with the legacy of years of violence

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    June 26, 2022
  • US committee writes to Blinken opposing UK’s proposed legacy legislation

    The Ad Hoc Committee to Protect the Good Friday Agreement has written to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to express its “urgent and unequivocal” opposition to the UK’s new legacy legislation.

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    June 22, 2022
  • Letter from US group: Legacy plans ‘break the law, ignore victims and hurt peace’

    Prominent Americans call on US secretary of state to put pressure on Boris Johnson

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    June 22, 2022
  • NI Troubles: US politicians criticise legacy proposals

    A number of US politicians have criticised the UK government at a congressional hearing on controversial proposals to deal with the legacy of the Troubles.

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    February 15, 2022
  • UK Government accused of ‘stonewalling’ UN over legacy bill concerns

    The UK Government has been accused of “stonewalling” the United Nations over a failure to respond to serious concerns over its legacy bill.

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    February 3, 2023
  • EU urged to ‘stand up’ to UK on Troubles legacy laws

    Victims’ campaigners have urged the EU to “stand up” to the UK in opposing controversial laws to deal with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles.

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    January 31, 2023
  • Victims Commissioner Ian Jeffers says Legacy Bill ‘not the way to address Northern Ireland’s past’

    PRIME Minister Rishi Sunak and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar have discussed Britain’s controversial Troubles legacy bill in a bi-lateral phone call.

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    January 22, 2023
  • Legacy bill passes House of Commons stages amid opposition from DUP, SDLP and Alliance

    The Government’s controversial legacy legislation has cleared the House of Commons despite opposition from Northern Ireland MPs.

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    July 4, 2022
  • NI Troubles: Legacy bill passes Commons stages

    Controversial legislation aimed at ending Troubles legacy prosecutions has passed its stages in the House of Commons, despite ongoing political opposition.

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    July 4, 2022
  • Troubles legacy bill: Northern Ireland’s MPs snub new Bill but it still passes first Commons hurdle

    The division list showed only Tory MPs voted in favour, with DUP, SDLP and Alliance voting against

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    May 24, 2022
  • Immunity rules for Troubles crimes could be tightened signals minister as Lords debate Legacy Bill

    Conditions to grant immunity for Troubles offences as part of a bid to deal with Northern Ireland’s violent past could be further strengthened, a minister has indicated in the face of condemnation.

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    February 1, 2023
  • Group’s concern over new ‘one-stop shop’ Troubles probe body

    ​Legislation designed to end Troubles-related prosecutions could become a “one-stop shop” for a whole range of historical re-investigations, a Belfast-based think tank has warned.

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    January 30, 2023
  • Long time’ before any government looks at legacy again, if bill does not pass, says Lord Caine

    The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State has said that he fears if a controversial Legacy bill does not pass, it will be a “very long time” before any government looks at the issue of legacy in Northern Ireland again, if at all.

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    January 30, 2023
  • Tearing up Northern Ireland legacy Bill risks five-year delay, minister warns

    Lord Caine holds out the prospect of further changes to the proposed law in a bid to meet the concerns of victims and survivors

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    January 24, 2023
  • Troubles bill amendments ‘make it even worse’

    Proposed UK government amendments to its controversial Troubles bill do not address concerns raised by victims and human rights campaigners and some of them “would actually make the bill worse”, according to a new analysis.

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    January 24, 2023
  • Government introduces changes to controversial legacy Bill

    The move comes ahead of the proposed legislation being considered at the committee stage.

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    January 17, 2023
  • NI Troubles: Amendments on controversial legacy bill revealed

    The government has told peers it will bring forward amendments to its controversial Troubles legacy bill.

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    November 24, 2022
  • Northern Ireland legacy Bill ‘personally extremely challenging’, says British minister

    A minister from the UK’s Northern Ireland Office has revealed he has personally found controversial legislation to deal with the legacy of The Troubles “extremely challenging”.

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    November 23, 2022
  • Troubles legacy bill: NI secretary says he is open to changes

    The Northern Ireland secretary has said the government is still open to making changes to its controversial legacy bill going through Parliament.

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    August 18, 2022
  • Lord Caine meets victims’ groups over Troubles legacy legislation

    Northern Ireland Office Minister Lord Caine has held talks with victims’ groups critical of a controversial legal move to offer an effective amnesty for Troubles crimes.

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    August 17, 2022
  • Birmingham Pub Bombings evidence submitted to prosecutors

    Police have submitted a file of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) about an individual’s suspected role in the Birmingham Pub Bombings.

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    November 21, 2021
  • Birmingham pub bombing families condemn “abhorrent” amnesty proposals

    Birmingham pub bombing families condemn “abhorrent” amnesty proposals

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    July 14, 2021
  • Supporters inspire our battle for Justice – pub bombings campaigners

    If you think Covid-19 put the blocks on the Justice4the21 campaign for truth, justice and accountability in memory of those killed in the IRA bomb attacks in the city in 1974, think again.

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    December 29, 2020
  • Justice4the21 heroes raise £5,000 in gruelling walk from Birmingham to No 10 Downing Street

    ON Monday, October 5, three Great Britons began an epic journey on behalf of Justice4the21.

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    October 16, 2020
  • Families of IRA bombing victims seeking Irish support to ‘shame’ UK government into public inquiry

    THE families of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombing victims are pleading for support from the Irish government in order to try and shame the British government into launching a public inquiry into their deaths.

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    October 4, 2019
  • ‘We have the best supporters in the world’ – pub bombings campaigner

    Julie Hambleton pays tribute to Justice4the21 supporters

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    May 17, 2019
  • Birmingham pub bombing inquests: Suspects will not be named

    The coroner wanted to keep the “perpetrator issue” out of the inquests but his decision had been quashed by High Court judges.

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    September 26, 2018
  • No gagging order on Birmingham pub bombing files, British Government reveals

    THERE is no gagging order on police files from the investigation into the Birmingham pub bombings of 1974, the home secretary has revealed.

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    June 25, 2015
  • Whoever bombed Birmingham wouldn’t stand a chance today

    The detectives of the 70s were forced to investigate crimes using rudimentary methods. On the 40th anniversary of the Birmingham pub bombings Andy Richards looks at that awful night and how police today would have fared

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    November 21, 2014
  • Film showing stories of Troubles victims to be screened in Brussels IRELAND

    A film about a number of killings during the Troubles in the North will be shown to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in Brussels on Tuesday.

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    January 29, 2023
  • Film showing stories of Troubles victims to be screened in Brussels

    A film about a number of killings during the Troubles in Northern Ireland will be shown to MEPs in Brussels on Tuesday.

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    January 29, 2023
  • Secretary of State watches ‘powerful’ film about victims of Troubles

    Chris Heaton-Harris was pressed on his Government’s proposal legacy legislation after watching the film with campaigner Raymond McCord.

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    November 17, 2022
  • Screening of Troubles film ‘aims to pressure Government to ditch legacy Bill’

    Northern Ireland Office minister Lord Caine was among those who attended the screening of The Victims Stories at Queen’s University on Thursday.

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    September 29, 2022
  • Politicians to attend screening of film about Troubles killings

    The first official showing of the film, made by Mobile Media and The Truth and Justice Movement, will take place on Wednesday at Leinster House.

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    September 7, 2022
  • Bombings victims group calls on Brandon Lewis to drop ‘obscene’ Northern Ireland legacy bill

    Exclusive: Campaigners write to NI secretary and all Tory MPs urging them against ‘shameful’ plan to grant immunity to perpetrators

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    July 3, 2022
  • Omagh: NI secretary needs more time over inquiry call

    The Northern Ireland secretary has asked for more time to consider if there should be an investigation or public inquiry into whether the Omagh bomb was preventable.

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    November 15, 2022
  • Judge recommends fresh probe into Omagh bombing

    A judge has recommended the UK Government carries out an investigation into the Omagh bombing, and urged the Irish Government to do likewise,

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    July 23, 2021

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