‘Justice is dead’: Families gather to protest against UK’s decision to stop Troubles-era inquests

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The controversial UK Legacy Act, which removes access to legal redress for the families of those who were unlawfully killed during the 30-year conflict, came into effect on Wednesday

Daman Brown, the grandson of Sean Brown, who was murdered by the Loyalist Volunteer Force , speaks during a Time for Truth and Justice protest against the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill outside the Northern Ireland Office in Belfast. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Some refugees left without accommodation on Mount Street while a number set to return to Dublin city centreThe inquest into Séan Brown’s killing is one of 38 inquests involving 77 people that have been halted by the new legislation that became operational at midnight on Tuesday. “What the British government is doing is totally wrong. When families do not have access to the court, justice is dead.”

“We were euphoric because we got ours finished, but coming here today, you just think of other families who have been unable to achieve that; from the outset all we wanted was an inquest,” says Harry Gargan, who was 12 years of age when his 13-year-old sister Margaret was shot dead.“Our last parent, David McCafferty died just before Christmas, he was 94, that had a very bad effect on us.”

 

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