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Next British government urged to scrap Legacy Act and listen to Northern Ireland's victims of The Troubles
Protesters outside Belfast High Court take part in the Time for Truth protest in support of the families who are challenging the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act in the Court of Appeal, June 11, 2024

THE next British government has been urged to scrap the Legacy Act and listen to the victims of the Northern Ireland Troubles.

Victims spoke out as a government challenge to a ruling that part of the controversial legislation is unlawful began at the Court of Appeal in Belfast.

Earlier this year, a High Court judge ruled that one of the central elements of the Act, the provision for conditional immunity from prosecution for Troubles offences, should be struck out.

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