{"id":24161,"date":"2021-11-28T09:25:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T14:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=24161"},"modified":"2021-11-28T09:25:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T14:25:17","slug":"cross-community-group-of-troubles-victims-to-hold-gathering-to-oppose-governments-legacy-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=24161","title":{"rendered":"Cross-Community Group Of Troubles Victims To Hold Gathering To Oppose Government’s Legacy Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The cross-community event will be held in Belfast on Monday, hearing from a number of victims of the Troubles, including Raymond McCord (pictured) (PA Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A cross-community group of Troubles victims is to host a discussion against the British government\u2019s legacy proposals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politicians from both sides of the Irish border as well as the UK’s former police ombudsman Baroness Nuala O\u2019Loan will be among speakers at the event in Belfast on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A host of victims, including John Teggart, whose father was killed by soldiers in Ballymurphy, Julie Hambleton, whose sister was killed in the IRA\u2019s 1974 bomb attack in Birmingham, Sarah McKeegan, whose police officer father was killed, Raymond McCord, whose son was killed by loyalists, and Michael Gallagher, whose son was killed in the Omagh bombing, will also address the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group recently visited Westminster where it received backing from the parties in its campaign against a proposal amnesty for Troubles offences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It said it has the support of every major party in the Irish and British political systems, with the exception of the UK’s Conservative Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement ahead of the event, it said: \u201cNow we are giving the public an opportunity to hear victims telling their stories and why all the British government proposals must be rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur group have proudly brought unity between the political parties and victims by a victims-led and driven campaign for truth and justice, and a rejection of the amnesty proposals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There has been widespread opposition to the plans to ban future prosecutions of military veterans and ex-paramilitaries for Troubles incidents predating April 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Government also intends to put forward a new truth recovery model to help bereaved families gain information about the deaths of their loved ones without the prospect of a criminal justice outcome.<\/p>\n

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