"The Petrol Bomber and Bloody Sunday" by wfbakker2 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0The British government is being accused of showing "contempt and disregard" for victims of the Troubles.
The Foreign Affairs Minister says the Irish Government oppose any unilateral action on legacy issues connected to the Troubles, after reports that an amnesty will be granted to British soldiers.
The Times of London and Daily Telegraph suggest that Queen Elizabeth will announce plans for legislation to make army members and those in loyalist and paramilitary groups exempt from prosecution.
It would create a statue of limitations for any alleged offences committed before the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
The amnesty would also apply to former members of the IRA and loyalist paramilitaries.
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood says if the plan goes ahead, victims will be forgotten, while Mark Thompson, CEO of Relatives for Justice, says the plans are scandalous.
There are agreements in place to allow us to deal with our past, but the British government have abandoned these.
Victims and families are being forced through courts to get justice and are now being discarded for the Tory party's narrow political agenda. pic.twitter.com/CFV719OWkW— Colum Eastwood (@columeastwood) May 6, 2021
