This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition Stop the move to take British Soldiers who served in Northern Ireland to court.

Veterans of Northern Ireland service who previously have been cleared in Irish courts are now being investigated again.

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This is purely a political move to appease Northern Irish nationalists. Terrorists were given written amnesties. Soldiers and police should be treated the same way.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/219576

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