High court ruling prompts calls to scrap legislation that grants amnesties to soldiers for Troubles-era crimes

Legislation that gives conditional amnesties to soldiers and paramilitaries for Troubles-era crimes in Northern Ireland breaches human rights legislation, a high court in Belfast has ruled.

There was no evidence the immunity provision in the government’s Legacy Act would help reconciliation in Northern Ireland, the court said on Wednesday, delivering a fresh blow to the law that has angered victims’ groups and caused friction between London and Dublin.

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