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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

Scrap Troubles legacy bill, Belfast actor Ciarán Hinds urges Liz Truss

Ciarán Hinds
Hinds’ letter is part of a wider Amnesty UK campaign against the Troubles bill. Photograph: David Fisher/Rex/Shutterstock

One of the stars of Kenneth Branagh’s movie Belfast has written to Liz Truss urging her to scrap controversial legislation about unsolved murders during the Northern Ireland Troubles.

In an open letter to the prime minister, Belfast-born Ciarán Hinds told her the proposed laws would “permanently cut off any prospect of justice for the families and loved ones of those killed during the Troubles”.

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