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Cousin of Murder Victim, Sean Brown, speaks out against "Legacy Bill"

The Independent/Gemma Brown | 23 September 2022

The Murder of Sean Brown: Inherited Trauma in Northern Ireland: Twenty-five years have now passed since the murder of my father’s cousin, Sean Brown. The Troubles legacy bill does nothing to heal my family’s inherited trauma.
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PFC+JFF REJECT LATEST BRITISH LEGACY PROPOSALS

PFC/JFF | 18 May 2022

London’s latest legacy proposals contain nothing for families bereaved in the conflict. No self-respecting judge, police officer/former police officer or historian should touch them with a barge pole. Perpetrators can apply for immunity from prosecution behind closed doors without their evidence...
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Margaret Urwin's statement to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

15 February 2022 | 16 February 2022

Statement submitted for the record by Margaret Urwin to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, at the U.S. Congress' House Foreign Affairs Committee, in its hearing on accountability for human rights abuses during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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London's Proposals to Bar Access to Justice Rejected

27 September 2021 Al Jazeera (By Anne Cadwallader, PFC Staff) | 27 October 2021

The Northern Ireland ‘amnesty’: Hiding Britain’s ‘misdeeds’? A proposed sweeping amnesty that would stop all investigations into crimes committed during the Troubles, including those by the British military, threatens to thwart the pursuit of truth and justice for victims’ families. History shows...
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Legacy Practitioners Open Letter: legacy commitments in NDNA must be returned to

Human Rights NGOs, academics, and lawyers express ‘deep concerns’ about NIO proposed legislation | 17 June 2021

Thursday 17 June 2021 For immediate release An open letter endorsed by human rights NGOs, academics and lawyers raises deep concerns regarding the upcoming Northern Ireland legacy bill put forward in the Queen’s Speech 2021. The current British Government committed in the January 2020 (UK-Ireland)...
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Theresa May misled Parliament @ PMQs

Guardian ad with PFC, RFJ & JFF | 16 May 2018

Today a half page advertisement appeared in the Guardian Newspaper, calling out British Prime Minister Theresa May for misleading Parliament at Prime Minister's Questions regarding the investigations into conflict-related deaths in the north.
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Briefing paper for families on British army killings/investigations/prosecutions + LIB/PSNI fact sheet

PFC | 24 February 2017

UPDATE FOR FAMILIES: British Army killings/ prosecutions etc. There has been extensive media coverage recently covering the alleged “witch-hunt” against former members of the British Army for actions carried out during the conflict. There has also been speculation that the British government would...
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