Protest in Belfast over UK govt's legacy decisions
A protest has taken place at the offices of the UK government's legacy body in Belfast.
It marks a year since criminal investigations and inquests into Troubles' murders were guillotined by controversial British legislation to deal with Northern Ireland's past.
Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has promised to repeal and replace much of the act which he inherited from the previous Tory government, including the restoration of inquest and civil actions.
But as yet there has been no progress on that promise.
Mr Benn also wants to retain an investigatory body - the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) - established by the legislation which will deal with Troubles cases.
That is opposed by many families who protested outside its offices today.
The demonstration comes the day after Mr Benn said he would be applying to the UK Supreme Court to challenge a court order that he should hold a public inquiry into the 1997 murder of GAA official Sean Brown.
Mr Brown's family have said they are disgusted at the move.
It has been revealed that 25 people were linked by intelligence to Mr Brown's killing, among them a number of state agents.
SDLP leader Claire Hanna attended today's protest along with Sinn Féin MP John Finucane.
Ms Hanna said finding solutions that would allow society to deal comprehensively with the past were vital and current British moves were counterproductive.
"This is a very bad sign. I think people are, in good faith, trying to go through what legacy structures might look like, but that fact, that keeping the secrets of the past, protecting security elites seems to be still in in the minds of the Northern Ireland Office is a very bad signal."
Grainne Teggart of Amnesty NI spoke at the protest. She said families had no confidence in the ICRIR.
"This body is no substitute for proper due process. The UK government is continuing a culture of impunity, denying families the truth and accountability to which they are entitled.
"We will judge this government on its actions and those actions demonstrate one thing, more delay, more obstruction, more litigation."
She said families wanted urgent action to return inquests and urged the UK government to prioritise the parliamentary time necessary to replace what she called the "discredited" Legacy Act.
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