Troubles

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Ireland will take the UK to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) over a controversial law ending criminal and civil proceedings related to killings during the Troubles, the Irish government has confirmed. Victims and survivors of the Troubles had urged the Irish government to take the rare ste

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MPs have been urged to reject the UK government's controversial Northern Ireland legacy bill as it returns to the House of Commons for its final stages. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill aims to end criminal investigations and civil cases linked to the Troubles, instead

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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. Northern Ireland's Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) and acad

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