Sunak hits out at Irish plan to sue UK in ECHR for blocking Troubles probes
by Kate Devlin
Dec 20, 2023
3 minutes
The UK government has slammed Ireland’s plans to sue the UK in the European Court of Human Rights over its offer of immunity for Troubles-era crimes.
The row risks plunging relations between the two countries to their worst point in decades.
Ireland’s deputy prime minister Micheal Martin said the UK scheme was opposed by many who had been affected by Northern Ireland’s deadly decades-long conflict, “especially the victims and families”.
But the
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