Northern Ireland: A blanket amnesty would be an utter betrayal of victims

Headline Title: Northern Ireland: A blanket amnesty would be an utter betrayal of victims 20 November 2013 The Northern Ireland Attorney General’s call for an end to prosecutions for killings during three decades of political violence in Northern Ireland is an utter betrayal of victims’ fundamental rights to justice, Amnesty International said today.Attorney General John Larkin said there should be no inquests, inquiries and prosecutions into any killings that took place before the signing of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement in 1998."The Attorney General’s call today would…

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