A Conservative pledge to end the “unfair trials” of soldiers accused of murders in Northern Ireland is “worrying” and could break previous agreements with Dublin, Ireland’s foreign minister today warned. Tanaiste Simon Coveney has said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s pledge to change the law to protect British soldiers from legal action is “very concerning”.
The Tories want to end trials of former soldiers where no new evidence has been produced and the accusations have been questioned exhaustively in court.
Johnson said that, if the Conservative Party wins a majority at the election in December, he will amend the UK Human Rights Act so it does not apply to issues – including deaths during the Troubles – which took place before it came into force in 2000.
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