Families whose loved ones were killed during the Troubles protest outside Westminster over planned law to give a conditional amnesty to killers
Jennifer Jordan, another campaigner who lost relatives at the hands of the IRA, told BBC News NI that six members of her family "put on their uniform and helped to defend their country against terrorism".It is not just Northern Ireland families who oppose this bill - Farid Berrezag's parents were injured in"I have lost both my parents because of what happened to us as a family. It is all as a direct result of terrorism," he told BBC News NI.
"So is that nice for people like us to get on with our lives and suffer, whilst somebody else who has done it can enjoy their life? It is not fair.""It basically elevates terrorists and perpetrators of violence above their victims.The UK government proposals have been described as an attempt to draw a line under more than 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland.
It has argued that the information recovery process outlined in the bill seeks to provide answers for surviving victims of the Troubles and "help enable communities to look forward from the legacy of the past".to investigate Troubles-era incidents would allow police forces to "get on with day-to-day policing".
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